Cloning and recombinant expression of a crustin-like gene from Chinese shrimp, Fenneropenaeus chinensis

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-614

  Zhang, Jiquan ^a,b   Li, Fuhua ^a   Wang, Zaizhao ^a   Xiang, Jianhai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Crustin like gene; Fenneropenaeus chinensis; Function identification; Prokaryotic expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CRUSTIN-LIKE GENES; FENNEROPENAEUS CHINENSIS; FUNCTION IDENTIFICATION; PROKARYOTIC EXPRESSION;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRUFC GENE; FENNEROPENAEUS CHINENSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHRIMP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PENAEIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FENNEROPENAEUS CHINENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33845643045     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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