The 18-wheeler mutation reveals complex antibacterial gene regulation in Drosophila host defense

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6120-6130

  Williams, Michael J ^a   Rodriguez, Antony ^b,c   Kimbrell, Deborah A ^b   Eldon, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fat body; IL 1 receptor; Insect immunity; Lymph gland; Rel related protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030663332     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.20.6120     Document Type: Article

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