A drosomycin-GFP reporter transgene reveals a local immune response in Drosophila that is not dependent on the Toll pathway

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1217-1227

  Ferrandon, D ^a,b,c   Jung, A C ^a,b,c   Criqui, M C ^a,b,c   Lemaitre, B ^a,b,c   Uttenweiler Joseph, S ^a,b,c   Michaut, L ^a,b,c   Reichhart, J M ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, J A ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic peptides; Drosophila; GFP; Innate immunity; Local immune response

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DROSOMYCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; TRACHEA; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRACHEA; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032473360     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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