A thaumatin-like protein from larvae of the beetle Dendroides canadensis enhances the activity of antifreeze proteins

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1278-1284

  Wang, Lei ^a   Duman, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE SOLUTIONS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GLYCEROL; HYSTERESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

AFP CONCENTRATIONS; BEETLE DENDROIDES CANADENSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR MASS ENHANCERS;

PROTEINS;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; GLYCEROL; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAFP; THAUMATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDROIDES CANADENSIS; HEMOLYMPH; HYSTERESIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROIDES CANADENSIS; INSECTA;

EID: 31544483880     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051680r     Document Type: Article

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