Vitellogenin from the silkworm, Bombyx mori: an effective anti-bacterial agent.

Silkworm, Bombyx mori, vitellogenin (Vg) was isolated from perivisceral fat body of day 3 of pupa. Both Vg subunits were co-purified as verified by mass spectrometry and immunoblot. Purified Vg responded to specific tests for major posttranslational modifications on native gels indicating its nature...

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Main Authors: Nitin Kumar Singh, Britto Cathrin Pakkianathan, Manish Kumar, Tulika Prasad, Mani Kannan, Simone König, Muthukalingan Krishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772815?pdf=render