Scarabaecin, a novel cysteine-containing antifungal peptide from the rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Tomie, Tetsuya ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^b   Furukawa, Seiichi ^b   Kobayashi, Satoe ^b   Sawahata, Ryoko ^c   Asaoka, Ai ^b   Tagawa, Michito ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^b,c  

^a NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptide; cDNA cloning; Chemical synthesis; Chitin binding; Insect immunity; Purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; PEPTIDE; SCARABAECIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAUBERIA BASSIANA; BEETLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRICULARIA ORYZAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; PYRICULARIA; PYRICULARIA ORYZAE; RHINOCEROS; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0037676030     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01162-8     Document Type: Article

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