Characterization of an abaecin-like antimicrobial peptide identified from a Pteromalus puparum cDNA clone

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Shen, Xiaojing ^a   Ye, Gongyin ^a   Cheng, Xiongying ^b   Yu, Chunyan ^c   Altosaar, Illimar ^d   Hu, Cui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Vitegen LLC   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abaecin; Antimicrobial peptide; Endoparasitoid wasp; Insect defense; Pieris rapae; Pteromalus puparum

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA; PIERIS RAPAE; PTEROMALUS PUPARUM;

EID: 77955665054     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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