Hi..,
Someone a while back was looking for info on honeybee antibacterial
agents. Below is some references that may be useful.
Cheers,
Philip Earle
RX MEDLINE; 95050655.
RA Casteels-Josson K., Zhang W., Capaci T., Casteels P., Tempst P.;
RT "Acute transcriptional response of the honeybee
RT peptide-antibiotics gene repertoire and required
RT post-translational conversion of the precursor structures";
RL J. Biol. Chem. 269:28569-28575(1994).
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RX MEDLINE; 90126848.
RA Casteels P., Ampe C., Riviere L., Van Damme J., Elicone C.,
RA Fleming M., Jacobs F., Tempst P.;
RT "Isolation and characterization of abaecin, a major antibacterial
RT response peptide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)";
RL Eur. J. Biochem. 187:381-386(1990).
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X MEDLINE; 93216639.
RA Casteels P., Ampe C., Jacobs F., Tempst P.;
RT "Functional and chemical characterization of Hymenoptaecin, an
RT antibacterial polypeptide that is infection-inducible in the
RT honeybee (Apis mellifera)";
RL J. Biol. Chem. 268:7044-7054(1993).
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