Immune factor Gambif1, a new rel family member from the human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4691-4701

  Barillas Mury, Carolina ^a   Charlesworth, Alexandra ^a,c   Gross, Isabelle ^b   Richman, Adam ^a   Hoffmann, Jules A ^b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunity; Infection; Mosquito; NF B

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029841338     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00846.x     Document Type: Article

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