A mosaic analysis in Drosophila fat body cells of the control of antimicrobial peptide genes by the Rel proteins Dorsal and DIF

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3380-3391

  Manfruelli, Pascal ^a,b   Reichhart, Jean Marc ^a   Steward, Ruth ^c   Hoffmann, Jules A ^a   Lemaitre, Bruno ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; innate immunity; Mosaic analysis; Rel proteins; Toll pathway

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLONE CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033564614     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3380     Document Type: Article

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