Gene characterisation, isoforms and recombinant expression of carcinin, an antibacterial protein from the shore crab, Carcinus maenas

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 943-949

  Brockton, Virginia ^a   Hammond, John A ^a   Smith, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11.5 kDa protein; Antibacterial protein; Bacterial expression; Carcinin; Carcinus maenas; Crustacean; Crustin; WAP domain

Indexed keywords

CARCININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD CELL; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; DISULFIDE BOND; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRACHYURA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMOCYTES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748776554     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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