Mussel defensins are synthesised and processed in granulocytes then released into the plasma after bacterial challenge

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4233-4242

  Mitta, Guillaume ^a   Vandenbulcke, Franck ^b   Hubert, Florence ^a   Roch, Philippe ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Defensin; Hemocyte; Mussel; Peptide; Precursor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; DEFENSINS; GRANULOCYTES; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 0033490117     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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