Gene structure of an antimicrobial peptide from mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky), suggests that moronecidins and pleurocidins belong in one family: The piscidins

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 335-343

  Sun, B J ^a   Xie, H X ^a   Song, Y ^a   Nie, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Mandarin fish; Moronecidin; Piscidin; Pleurocidin; Siniperca chuatsi

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MORONECIDIN PROTEIN, MORONE SAXATILIS; PLEUROCIDIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FISH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINIPERCA CHUATSI;

EID: 34248380025     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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