cDNA cloning and gene expression of defensin, an antibacterial peptide from a beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Sagisaka, Aki ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Miyanoshita, Akihiro ^a   Saido Sakanaka, Hisako ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allomyrina dichotoma; Antibacterial peptide; cDNA cloning; Defensin; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033228889     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.421     Document Type: Article

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