The moleskin gene product is essential for Caudal-mediated constitutive antifungal Drosomycin gene expression in Drosophila epithelia

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-327

  Han, S H ^a   Ryu, J H ^a   Oh, C T ^a   Nam, K B ^a   Nam, H J ^a   Jang, I H ^a   Brey, P T ^b   Lee, W J ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Caudal; Drosomycin; Drosophila importin 7; Nuclear localization

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CAUDAL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KARYOPHERIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KARYOPHERINS; LUCIFERASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942708039     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0962-1075.2004.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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