Purification and cDNA cloning of a cecropin from the longicorn beetle, Acalolepta luxuriosa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Saito, Ayaka ^a   Ueda, Kenjiro ^a   Imamura, Morikazu ^b   Atsumi, Shogo ^a   Tabunoki, Hiroko ^a   Miura, Nami ^a   Watanabe, Ayako ^a   Kitami, Madoka ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acalolepta luxuriosa; Antibacterial peptide; Cecropin; Coleoptera; Hemolymph; Insect immunity; MALDI TOF; Purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

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

EID: 26844563754     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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