Molecular cloning and functional properties of two early-stage encapsulation-relating proteins from the coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor larvae

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 737-744

  Cho, Mi Young ^a   Lee, Hyun Seong ^a   Lee, Kwang Moon ^a   Homma, Ko Ichi ^b   Natori, Shunji ^b   Lee, Bok Luel ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule formation; Encapsulation; Hemocytes; Insect; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COLEOPTERA; ENCAPSULATION; HEMOLYMPH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TENEBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEPHAROSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0033564382     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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