Effect of modified oligopeptides from the beetle Allomyrina dichotoma on Escherichia coli infection in mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-142

  Yamada, Manabu ^a   Nakamura, Kikuyasu ^a   Saido Sakanaka, Hisako ^b   Asaoka, Ai ^b   Yamakawa, Minora ^b,c   Sameshima, Toshiya ^a   Motobu, Maki ^a   Hirota, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allomyrina dichotoma; Antibiotic resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli; Defensin analogue; Histopathology; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DEFENSIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DEFENSINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 2342594438     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.137     Document Type: Article

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