ISOLATION AND PARTIAL PURIFICATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES/PROTEINS FROM DUNG BEETLE, ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS IMMUNE HEMOLYMPH
Antimicrobial peptides are important in the first line of the host defense system of all insect species. In the present study antimicrobial peptide(s) were isolated from the hemolymph of the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Both non induced and immune induced hemolymphs were tested for their antimicr...
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| Language: | English |
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Slovak University of Agriculture
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jmbfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jmbfs-0359-vasanth.pdf |