Bombyx mori transferrin: Genomic structure, expression and antimicrobial activity of recombinant protein

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1064-1069

  Yun, Eun Young ^a   Lee, Jae Keum ^a   Kwon, O Yu ^b   Hwang, Jae Sam ^a   Kim, Iksoo ^c   Kang, Seok Woo ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^d   Ding, Jeak L ^e   You, Kwan Hee ^f   Goo, Tae Won ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bombyx mori; Innate immunity; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SILKWORM; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

BOMBYX MORI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POSIBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650222174     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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