Molecular cloning and characterization of a short peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-S) with antibacterial activity from the bumblebee Bombus ignitus

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 977-985

  You, Hong ^a   Wan, Hu ^b   Li, Jianhong ^a   Jin, Byung Rae ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bombus ignitus; Bumblebee; Insect immunity; Peptidoglycan recognition protein S; PGRP S

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BODY FAT; BOMBUS IGNITUS; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

APOIDEA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS IGNITUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954088311     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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