Diversity of the penaeidin antimicrobial peptides in two shrimp species

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 442-445

  Cuthbertson, Brandon J ^a,b,c   Shepard, Eleanor F ^a,b,c   Chapman, Robert W ^a,b,c   Gross, Paul S ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Diversity; Innate immunity; Invertebrates; Penaeidin

Indexed keywords

PENAEIDIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHRIMP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LITOPENAEUS; LITOPENAEUS SETIFERUS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI;

EID: 0036380652     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0487-z     Document Type: Article

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