Immulectin-4 from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta binds to lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Yu, X Q ^a   Ling, E ^a   Tracy, M E ^a   Zhu, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Encapsulation; Immulectin; Lipopolysaccharide; Melanization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 33645465898     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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