Activation of the innate immunity in Drosophila by endogenous chromosomal DNA that escaped apoptotic degradation

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2662-2671

  Mukae, Naomi ^a   Yokoyama, Hideki ^a,d   Yokokura, Takakazu ^a,e   Sakoyama, Yasuhiko ^a   Nagata, Shigekazu ^a,b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Innate immunity; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN; CASPASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; DIPTERICIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OVARY; PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037108246     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1022802     Document Type: Article

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