Expression of defensins in non-infected araneomorph spiders

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2643-2651

  Baumann, Tommy ^a   Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^a   Largiadèr, Carlo R ^b   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Meta menardi; Phoneutria reidyi; Polybetes pythagoricus; Spider defensins; Tegenaria atrica; Tissue expression

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIDER; TICK; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; PHONEUTRIA REIDYI; SCORPIONES; TEGENARIA ATRICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; HEMOCYTES; PEPTIDES; SPIDERS; TICKS;

EID: 77954686072     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0354-2     Document Type: Article

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