Molecular characterization and expression of the antimicrobial peptide defensin from the housefly (Musca domestica)

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 3072-3082

  Wang, J X ^a   Zhao, X F ^a   Liang, Y L ^a   Li, L ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Ren, Q ^a   Wang, L C ^a   Wang, L Y ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Expression pattern; Housefly (Musca domestica); Recombinant expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSE FLY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; HOUSEFLIES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PICHIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846062106     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6284-3     Document Type: Article

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