Crustins: Enigmatic WAP domain-containing antibacterial proteins from crustaceans

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 758-772

  Smith, Valerie J ^a   Fernandes, Jorge M O ^b   Kemp, Graham D ^a   Hauton, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Crustins; Defensins; Four disulphide core; Innate defence effectors; Invertebrate immunity; Whey acidic protein domain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRAB; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOREGULATION; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SHRIMP;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LOBSTER; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 40849102419     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.12.002     Document Type: Review

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