Identification and characterization of the parasitic wasp Nasonia defensins: Positive selection targeting the functional region?

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 659-668

  Gao, Bin ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Innate immunity; Parasitoid; Recombinant peptide

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; DEFENSIN 2; NAVIDEFENSIN 2 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HONEYBEE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NASONIA; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA LONGICORNIS; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASP;

APIS MELLIFERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; NASONIA; NASONIA GIRAULTI; NASONIA LONGICORNIS; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE; STREPSIPTERA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77649339897     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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