Inducible gene expression of moricin, a unique antibacterial peptide from the silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 265-271

  Furukawa, Seiichi ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^b   Nakazawa, Hiroshi ^b   Ishibashi, Jun ^b   Shono, Toshio ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA and gene cloning; Insect immunity; Nuclear binding proteins; Regulatory motifs; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CELL; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MALPIGHIA;

EID: 0033563238     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3400265     Document Type: Article

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