Identification, phylogenetic analysis and expression profile of an anionic insect defensin gene, with antibacterial activity, from bacterial-challenged cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Seufi, AlaaEddeen M ^a   Hafez, Elsayed E ^b   Galal, Fatma H ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; PRIMER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; STOP CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 80655139168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-12-47     Document Type: Article

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