An immune-responsive Serpin regulates the melanization cascade in Drosophila

Developmental Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 581-592

  De Gregorio, Ennio ^b   Han, Sung Jun ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^c   Baek, Min Ji ^d   Osaki, Tsukasa ^e   Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^e   Lee, Bok Leul ^d   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^e   Lemaitre, Bruno ^b   Brey, Paul T ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 18644376155     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00267-8     Document Type: Article

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