Insect immunity. Isolation and sequence of two cDNA clones corresponding to acidic and basic attacins from Hyalophora cecropia.

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Published in EMBO J on September 01, 1984

Authors

K Kockum1, I Faye, P V Hofsten, J Y Lee, K G Xanthopoulos, H G Boman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.

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