Purification and cDNA cloning of a novel antibacterial peptide with a cysteine-stabilized αβ motif from the longicorn beetle, Acalolepta luxuriosa

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Saito, Ayaka ^a   Ueda, Kenjiro ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Miura, Nami ^a   Atsumi, Shogo ^a   Tabunoki, Hiroko ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acalolepta luxuriosa; AlCRP; Antibacterial peptide; Cysteine rich antimicrobial peptides; Cysteine stabilized motif; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ACALOLEPTA LUXURIOSA CYSTEINE RICH PEPTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACALOLEPTA LUXURIOSA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACALOLEPTA LUXURIOSA; COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0042331929     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(03)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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