Ecdysone and insect immunity: The maturation of the inducibility of the diptericin gene in Drosophila larvae

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Meister, Marie ^a   Richards, Geoff ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Diptericin; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

DPT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSONE; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNITY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0030088122     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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