Identification and functional analysis of Relish homologs in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1769, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 559-568

  Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Matsuki, Hiroyuki ^b   Furukawa, Seiichi ^a   Sagisaka, Aki ^a   Kotani, Eiji ^b   Mori, Hajime ^b   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide gene; Insect immunity; NF B; Relish; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; ATTACIN; CECROPIN; CECROPIN B1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA BMRELISH2; LEBOCIN 3; LEBOCIN 4; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN RELISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANKYRINS; BOMBYX; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548651155     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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