Manduca sexta lipopolysaccharide-specific immulectin-2 protects larvae from bacterial infection

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Yu, Xiao Qiang ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Carbohydrate recognition domain; Immulectin; Insect immunity; Lipopolysaccharide; Pattern recognition; Phenoloxidase activation; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; IMMULECTIN 2; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0037364965     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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