Molecular cloning of crustins from the hemocytes of Brazilian penaeid shrimps

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-290

  Rosa, Rafael Diego ^a   Bandeira, Paula Terra ^a   Barracco, Margherita Anna ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Brazilian penaeid shrimp; Crustaceans; Crustins; Molecular cloning

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCOMMODATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BRAZIL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRUSTACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SHRIMP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENAEIDAE; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS BRASILIENSIS; FARFANTEPENAEUS PAULENSIS; FARFANTEPENAEUS SUBTILIS; LITOPENAEUS SCHMITTI; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 34547901383     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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