Dual function of a bee (Apis cerana) inhibitor cysteine knot peptide that acts as an antifungal peptide and insecticidal venom toxin

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-253

  Park, Hee Geun ^a   Kyung, Seung Su ^a   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Kim, Bo Yeon ^a   Choi, Yong Soo ^b   Yoon, Hyung Joo ^b   Kwon, Hyung Wook ^c   Je, Yeon Ho ^c   Jin, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptide; Honeybee; Inhibitor cysteine knot fold; Innate immunity; Insecticidal toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BEE VENOM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INHIBITOR CYSTEINE KNOT PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; APIS CERANA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACULOVIRUS; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; EPIDERMIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT CELL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FAT BODY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; BEAUVERIA; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SF9 CELL LINE;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BEAUVERIA; BEE VENOMS; BEES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FAT BODY; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; INSECTICIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SF9 CELLS;

EID: 84907310991     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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