Characterization of the antimicrobial peptide attacin loci from Glossina morsitans

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Wang, J ^a   Hu, C ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Stuart, A ^b   Amemiya, C ^b   Berriman, M ^c   Toyoda, A ^d   Hattori, M ^d,e   Aksoy, S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attacin expression; Attacin loci; Glossina morsitans morsitans; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; ATTACIN ANTIBACTERIAL PROTEIN, INSECT; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TSETSE FLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TSETSE FLIES;

ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 43549093555     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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