Inducible antibacterial response of scorpion venom gland

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2299-2305

  Gao, Bin ^a   Tian, Caihuan ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Buthus martensii; Inducible expression; Innate immunity; Venom

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 36148983045     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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