Sequence of a gene from Bombina orientalis coding for the antimicrobial peptide BLP-7

Peptides

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1681-1686

  Miele, Rossella ^a   Borro, Marina ^a   Fiocco, Daniela ^a   Barra, Donatella ^a   Simmaco, Maurizio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Antimicrobial peptide gene; Bombina orientalis; Bombinin (BLP); Bombinin H

Indexed keywords

BOMBININ; BOMBININ H; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CHROMOSOME WALKING; EXONS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; PEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033697742     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(00)00317-X     Document Type: Article

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