abf-1 and abf-2, ASABF-type antimicrobial peptide genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-230

  Kato, Yusuke ^a   Aizawa, Tomoyasu ^a   Hoshino, Hirokazu ^a   Kawano, Keiichi ^a   Nitta, Katsutoshi ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defensin; Innate immunity; Invertebrates; Nematodes; Operon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE; YEAST;

IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE STAINING;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIBACTERIAL FACTOR 1; ANTIBACTERIAL FACTOR 2; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; OPERON; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037081820     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3610221     Document Type: Article

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