The scorpine family of defensins: Gene structure, alternative polyadenylation and fold recognition

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1751-1763

  Zhu, S ^a   Tytgat, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cecropin; Defensin; Domain hybrid; In silico comparative promoter analysis; Innate immunity; Scorpine gene; Venom antimicrobial peptide

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADENYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OPISTOPHTHALMUS CARINATUS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; OPISTOPHTHALMUS; OPISTOPHTHALMUS CARINATUS; SCORPIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843082908     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4149-1     Document Type: Article

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