Defensin like peptide from Panulirus argus relates structurally with beta defensin from vertebrates

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 872-879

  Montero Alejo, V ^a   Acosta Alba, J ^b   Perdomo Morales, R ^a   Perera, E ^c   Hernandez Rodriguez E W ^d   Estrada, M P ^b   Porto Verdecia, M ^a  

^a Center of Pharmaceutical Research and Development Havana   (Cuba)

^b CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS Y PRECLÍNICAS VICTORIA DE GIRÓN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Crustacean; Homology modeling; Lobster; Defensins

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PALINURIDAE; PANULIRUS; PANULIRUS ARGUS; PANULIRUS JAPONICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866745509     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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