Purification and characterization of a novel salivary antimicrobial peptide from the tick, Ixodes scapularis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-515

  Pichu, Sivakamasundari ^a   Ribeiro, José M C ^b   Mather, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Innate immunity; Ixodes scapularis; Saliva; Ticks

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN ISAMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; FAT BODY; GEL FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALIVA; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; IXODES; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 70449701429     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.127     Document Type: Article

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