Molecular characterization of a defensin in the IZD-MB-0503 cell line derived from immunocytes of the insect Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera)

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Bugli, Silvia ^a   Saltini, Sabrina ^a   Genedani, Susanna ^a   Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defensin gene; Immune response; IZD MB 0503 cell line; Lepidoptera; Mamestra brassicae

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INSECT CELL; INSECT GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038780637     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(02)01219-4     Document Type: Article

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