Insect immunity: Isolation from the Lepidopteran Heliothis virescens of a novel insect defensin with potent antifungal activity

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 274, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 9320-9326

  Lamberty, Mireille ^a   Ades, Sarah ^a   Uttenweiler Joseph, Sandrine ^a   Brookhart, Gary ^b   Bushey, Dean ^b   Hoffmann, Jules A ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Rhone Poulenc Ag Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; HELIOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033515629     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.14.9320     Document Type: Article

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