Differential activation of the lectin and antimicrobial peptide genes in Sarcophaga peregrina (the flesh fly)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-198

  Tanji, Takahiro ^a,b,c   Shiraishi, Hirohisa ^a,c   Natori, Shunji ^a,b   Ohashi Kobayashi, Ayako ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; NF B; Sarcophaga lectin

Indexed keywords

20KDA LECTIN PROTEIN, SARCOPHAGA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BINDING SITES; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

HEXAPODA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 58049202771     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20280     Document Type: Article

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