A defensin antimicrobial peptide from the venoms of Nasonia vitripennis

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-106

  Ye, Jilu ^a,b   Zhao, Hongwen ^c   Wang, Hanjin ^d   Bian, Jianmin ^d   Zheng, Ruiqiang ^e  

^a TAIZHOU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHERN JIANGSU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Nasonia vitripennis; Venom

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; WASP VENOM;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEFENSINS; DIPTERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77952548845     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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