Cloning and localization of MCdef, a defensin from Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Adhya, Mausumi ^a   Jeung, Hee Do ^b   Kang, Hyun Sil ^b   Choi, Kwang Sik ^b   Lee, Dong Sun ^b   Cho, Moonjae ^a  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Defensin; Immunohistochemistry; Innate immunity; Manila clam; RT PCR; Vibrio tapetis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; MCDEF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIBRIO; VIROLOGY;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; IXODIDA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; OSTREIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM; VIBRIO TAPETIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO;

EID: 84862805331     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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