Purification and characterization of a small cationic protein from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-271

  Ling, Erjun ^a   Rao, Xiang Jun ^a   Ao, Jing Qun ^a   Yu, Xiao Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic protein; Innate immunity; Manduca sexta; Phenoloxidase; Prophenoloxidase; Serine proteinase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; INSECT PROTEIN; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 62349124876     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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