Developmental regulation of BhSGAMP-1, a gene encoding an antimicrobial peptide in the salivary glands of Bradysia hygida (Diptera, Sciaridae)

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 630-638

  Candido Silva, Juliana A ^a   Zanarotti, Gabriela M ^a   Gallina, Ana P ^a   De Almeida, Jorge Cury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides in development; Diptera; Innate immune system; Insects; Salivary glands; Sciaridae

Indexed keywords

BHSGAMP 1 PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALIA; BRADYSIA HYGIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 36048981522     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20337     Document Type: Article

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