A putative helical cytokine functioning in innate immune signalling in Drosophila melanogaster

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1770, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 974-978

  Malagoli, D ^a   Conklin, D ^b   Sacchi, S ^a   Mandrioli, M ^a   Ottaviani, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Helical cytokine; Immunity; Insect

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN A; CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; PROTEIN DROSOPHILA HELICAL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CYTOKINES; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247270658     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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