Association of midgut defensin with a novel serine protease in the blood-sucking fly Stomoxys calcitrans

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-205

  Hamilton, J V ^a   Munks, R J L ^a   Lehane, S M ^a   Lehane, M J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood sucking; Defensin; Immunity; Midgut; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; VERTEBRATA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; STOMOXYS SERINE PROTEASE 3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DEFENSINS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCIDAE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 0035999904     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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