Functional analysis of four gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-96

  Kawaoka, Shinpei ^a   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Daimon, Takaaki ^a   Isono, Ryoko ^a   Omuro, Naoko ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Shimada, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial protein; Bombyx mori; EST; Gloverin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLOVERIN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILKWORM; TIME;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38949188599     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20223     Document Type: Article

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