The insect defensin lucifensin from Lucilia sericata

Journal of Biomolecular NMR

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-282

  Nygaard, Mads Kristian Erlin ^a   Andersen, Anders Schou ^b   Kristensen, Hans Henrik ^b   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^c   Fojan, Peter ^a   Wimmer, Reinhard ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; LUCIFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; LUCILIA SERICATA; MAGGOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; DIPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 84863100265     PISSN: 09252738     EISSN: 15735001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10858-012-9608-7     Document Type: Article

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