Characterization of multisugar-binding C-type lectin (SpliLec) from a bacterial-challenged cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Seufi, AlaaEddeen M ^a   Galal, Fatma H ^a   Hafez, Elsayed E ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; LECTIN; LECTIN SPLILEC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE RECOGNITION DOMAIN; DISULFIDE BOND; ERYTHROCYTE; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 84865181691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042795     Document Type: Article

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