Sequence characterization of cDNA sequence encoding of an antimicrobial peptide with no disulfide bridge from the iranian mesobuthus eupeus venomous glands

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Farajzadeh Sheikh, Ahmad ^a   Jolodar, Abbas ^b   Ghaemmaghami, Shamsedin ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^c RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Peptide Pharbitis; Mesobuthus Eupeus; Meucin 25; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Scorpions; Venoms

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IRAN; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; VENOM GLAND;

EID: 84872149988     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.4024     Document Type: Article

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