An antimicrobial peptide of the earthworm Pheretima tschiliensis: cDNA cloning, expression and immunolocalization

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1317-1323

  Wang, Xin ^a   Wang, Xiaoxu ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Qu, Xianming ^a   Yang, Shengli ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Cloning; Earthworm; Expression; Immunohistochemistry; Pheretima tschiliensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOSA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OLIGOCHAETA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PHERETIMA TSCHILIENSIS;

EID: 0041854551     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024999206117     Document Type: Article

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