Purification and cloning of a novel antimicrobial peptide from salivary glands of the hard tick, Ixodes sinensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-561

  Liu, Zhigang ^a   Liu, Huan ^b   Liu, Xiaoyu ^a   Wu, Xuli ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Ixodes sinensis; Salivary gland; Ticks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINYLLEUCYLLYSYLVALYLASPARTYLLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLGLYCYLTHREONYLARGINYLGLYCYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLPROLYLGLUTAMYLGLUTAMINYLHISTIDYLSERYLSERYLGLYCYLLYSYLSERYLASPARTYLVALYLARGINYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHYLARGINYLSERYLARGINYLTYROSINE; IXOSIN B; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IXODES; IXODES SINENSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND;

FUNGI; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 39849097500     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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