Antibacterial properties of hemerythrin of the sand worm Nereis diversicolor.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the immune defense of the annelid Nereis diversicolor and the key role of a oxygen-binding protein, the metalloprotein MPII animals were subjected to bacteria infection.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Using RACE-PCR, we have cloned the complete cDNA coding for the MPII related to the hemerythrin .....
