Two structurally different defensin genes, one of them encoding a novel defensin isoform, are expressed in honeybee Apis mellifera

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-22

  Klaudiny, Jaroslav ^a   Albert, Štefan ^b   Bachanová, Katarína ^a   Kopernický, Ján ^c   Šimúth, Jozef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Laboratory of Molecular Oncology   (Germany)

^c Experimental Farm

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Apis mellifera; cDNA; Gene; Honeybee diseases; Insect immunity; Mass spectrometry; Royal jelly

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; ROYALISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 10944241099     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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