Differential potency of drosomycin to Neurospora crassa and its mutant: implications for evolutionary relationship between defensins from insects and plants

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-411

  Gao, B ^a   Zhu, S Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Drosomycin; Evolution; Innate immunity; Neurospora crassa MUT16; Plant defensin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 49449086393     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00810.x     Document Type: Article

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