Gene Review:
Apid73 - apidaecin
Apis mellifera
- Biodiversity of apidaecin-type peptide antibiotics. Prospects of manipulating the antibacterial spectrum and combating acquired resistance. Casteels, P., Romagnolo, J., Castle, M., Casteels-Josson, K., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Tempst, P. J. Biol. Chem. (1994)
- In vivo monitoring system for structure-function relationship analysis of the antibacterial peptide apidaecin. Taguchi, S., Nakagawa, K., Maeno, M., Momose, H. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1994)
- Isolation and characterization of abaecin, a major antibacterial response peptide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Casteels, P., Ampe, C., Riviere, L., Van Damme, J., Elicone, C., Fleming, M., Jacobs, F., Tempst, P. Eur. J. Biochem. (1990)
- Extracellular production system of heterologous peptide driven by a secretory protease inhibitor of Streptomyces. Taguchi, S., Maeno, M., Momose, H. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (1992)
- Apidaecin multipeptide precursor structure: a putative mechanism for amplification of the insect antibacterial response. Casteels-Josson, K., Capaci, T., Casteels, P., Tempst, P. EMBO J. (1993)
- Functional mapping of amino acid residues responsible for the antibacterial action of apidaecin. Taguchi, S., Ozaki, A., Nakagawa, K., Momose, H. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1996)
- Apidaecin-type peptide antibiotics function through a non-poreforming mechanism involving stereospecificity. Casteels, P., Tempst, P. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1994)
- Novel antibacterial peptides isolated from a European bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rees, J.A., Moniatte, M., Bulet, P. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. (1997)
- Mass spectrometric identification of peptides present in immunized and parasitised hemolymph from honeybees without purification. Craig, A.G., Trenczek, T., Fries, I., Bennich, H. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1989)