Evidence for an immune function of lepidopteran silk proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Korayem, Ahmed M ^a,b   Hauling, Thomas ^a   Lesch, Christine ^a   Fabbri, Marco ^c   Lindgren, Malin ^d   Loseva, Olga ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^c   Dushay, Mitchell S ^d,e   Theopold, Ulrich ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Coagulation; Drosophila; Ephestia; Galleria; Innate immunity; Insect immunity; Molecular evolution; Silk

Indexed keywords

SILK FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBROINS; HEMOLYMPH; LEPIDOPTERA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SILK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 33845221093     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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