The discovery and analysis of a diverged family of novel antifungal moricin-like peptides in the wax moth Galleria mellonella

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Brown, Susan E ^a   Howard, Antoinette ^a   Kasprzak, Annette B ^a   Gordon, Karl H ^a   East, Peter D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Antimicrobial; Galleria mellonella; Insect immunity; Moricin; Peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BOMBYX MORI; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 38349052959     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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