Cloning and characterization of a male-specific defensin-like antimicrobial peptide from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Zheng, Hongyuan ^a   Zhou, Lifeng ^a   Yang, Xiaolong ^a   Wang, Duo ^a   Liu, Jingze ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defensin; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Innate immunity; Male accessory gland; Male specific

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN LIKE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HLMS DEFENSIN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; UPREGULATION;

FUNGI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84862800007     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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