Antimicrobial peptide evolution in the Asiatic honey bee Apis cerana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Xu, Peng ^a   Shi, Min ^a   Chen, Xue Xin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN; AMINO ACID; APIDAECIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; HYMENOPTAECIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58749106627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004239     Document Type: Article

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