Characterization of antimicrobial peptide genes from Japanese honeybee Apis cerana japonica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-614

  Yoshiyama, Mikio ^a   Kimura, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Antimicrobial peptide; Apis cerana japonica; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; JAPONICA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 78650119241     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.609     Document Type: Article

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