A role for Hemolectin in coagulation and immunity in Drosophila melanogaster

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1255-1263

  Lesch, Christine ^a   Goto, Akira ^b   Lindgren, Malin ^c   Bidla, Gawa ^a   Dushay, Mitchell S ^c,d   Theopold, Ulrich ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discoidin; Hemolymph coagulation; Innate immunity; Insect immunity; Lectin

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; HEMOLECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; HEMOLYMPH; HEMOSTASIS; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35748967867     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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