Comparative genomics analysis of five families of antimicrobial peptide-like genes in seven ant species

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-274

  Zhang, Zhenting ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

C terminal extension; Gene duplication; Gene loss; Innate immunity; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CRUSTIN; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; GLYCINE; HYMENOPTAECIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; TACHYSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABAECIN GENE; ALPHA HELIX; ANT; ANTIMICORBIAL PEPTIDE LIKE GENE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; CRUSTIN GENE; DEFENSIN GENE; ENZYME STABILITY; FLY; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYMENOPTAECIN GENE; HYMENOPTERA; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TACHYSTATIN GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84866171069     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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