Inducing and isolation of antibacterial peptides from oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel

Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-262

  Dang, Xiang Li ^a   Tian, Jin Huan ^b   Yi, Hui Yu ^a   Wang, Wen Xian ^a   Zheng, Min ^a   Li, Yi Feng ^a   Cao, Yang ^a   Wen, Shuo Yang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Bactrocera dorsalis; Gel filtration chromatography; Ion exchange chromatography; Reverse phase HPLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650340956     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2006.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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