SPP-3, a saposin-like protein of Caenorhabditis elegans, displays antimicrobial and pore-forming activity and is located in the intestine and in one head neuron

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-186

  Hoeckendorf, Aylin ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Caenopore; Host microbe interactions; Innate immunity; Invertebrate; Neuron; Pore forming protein; Saposin like protein

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPP 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PORE FORMING ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SPP 3 GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864372315     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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