Purification and characterization of an antimicrobial peptide, insect defensin, from immunized house fly (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1141-1145

  Dang, X L ^a,b   Wang, Y S ^a   Huang, Y D ^c   Yu, X Q ^d   Zhang, W Q ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Institute of Subtropical Crops   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphipathicity; antimicrobial peptide; CS scaffold; insect defensin; Musca domestica

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FLY; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; DIPTERA; FUNGI;

DIPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 78649358670     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10016     Document Type: Article

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