Molecular characterization of antimicrobial peptide genes of the carpenter ant camponotus floridanus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ratzka, Carolin ^a   Förster, Frank ^a   Liang, Chunguang ^a   Kupper, Maria ^a   Dandekar, Thomas ^a   Feldhaar, Heike ^b   Gross, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; GLYCINE; HYMENOPTAECIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE GENE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEFENSIN 1 GENE; DEFENSIN 2 GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HYMENOPTAECIN GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WORKER (INSECT);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEFENSINS; DNA PRIMERS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84865026369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043036     Document Type: Article

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