Characterization of a novel C-type lectin, Bombyx mori multibinding protein, from the B. mori hemolymph: Mechanism of wide-range microorganism recognition and role in immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4594-4604

  Watanabe, Ayako ^a   Miyazawa, Sousui ^a   Kitami, Madoka ^a   Tabunoki, Hiroko ^a   Ueda, Kenjiro ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BOMBYX MORI MULTIBINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYMPH; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILKWORM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749147438     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4594     Document Type: Article

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