Diversity of Coding Sequences and Gene Structures of the Antifungal Peptide Mytimycin (MytM) from the Mediterranean Mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 857-867

  Sonthi, Molruedee ^a   Toubiana, Mylène ^a   Pallavicini, Alberto ^b   Venier, Paola ^c   Roch, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bivalve; Gene structure; Innate immunity; Molecular diversity; Mollusks; Mussels; Mytilus; Mytimycin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BIVALVE; GENE STRUCTURE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MOLLUSKS; MUSSELS; MYTILUS; MYTIMYCIN;

AMINO ACIDS; COVALENT BONDS; FUNGI; NUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES; SHELLFISH;

GENES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID; BIVALVE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYTILUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYTILUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; ITALY; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; SPAIN; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE; VIGO;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 80051667220     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9345-4     Document Type: Article

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