Gene expression, antiparasitic activity, and functional evolution of the drosomycin family

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3909-3916

  Tian, Caihuan ^a   Gao, Bin ^a   Rodriguez, Maria del Carmen ^b   Lanz Mendoza, Humberto ^b   Ma, Bo ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptide; Drosomycin 2; Drosophila; Evolutionary epitopes; Parasite; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

DROSOMYCIN; DROSOMYCIN 1; DROSOMYCIN 2; DROSOMYCIN 6; EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 49449099707     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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