Molecular cloning, characterization and mRNA expression of two antibacterial peptides: Crustin and anti-lipopolysaccharide factor in swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Yue, Feng ^a   Pan, Luqing ^a   Miao, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Li, Jian ^b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Anti lipopolysaccharide factor; Bacterial challenge; CDNA cloning; Crustin; MRNA expression; Portunus trituberculatus

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRUSTIN; CYSTEINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE FACTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GILL; HEART; HEPATOPANCREAS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS TRITUBERCULATUS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 77952012366     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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