Tertiary structure-related activity of tick defensin (persulcatusin) in the taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-77

  Isogai, Emiko ^a   Isogai, Hiroshi ^b   Okumura, Kazuhiko ^c   Hori, Hatsuhiro ^a   Tsuruta, Hiroki ^d   Kurebayashi, Yoichi ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Defensin; Ixodes persulcatus; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMMUNITY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; IXODES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA GARINII; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649758108     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9379-3     Document Type: Article

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