Diptericin-like protein: An immune response gene regulated by the anti-bacterial gene induction pathway in Drosophila

Gene

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-238

  Lee, Jun Hee ^a   Cho, Kyoung Sang ^a   Lee, Jiwoon ^a   Yoo, Jungsik ^a   Lee, Jihyun ^a   Chung, Jongkyeong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial peptides; Diptericin like protein; Drosophila; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPTERICIN LIKE PROTEIN; INTERFERON; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IMMUNITY; INJURY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035958265     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00515-7     Document Type: Article

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