Identification and comparative analysis of three novel C-type lectins from the silkworm with functional implications in pathogen recognition

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 789-800

  Takase, Hinako ^a   Watanabe, Ayako ^a   Yoshizawa, Yasutaka ^a   Kitami, Madoka ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Hemolymph; Innate immunity; Insect; Pattern recognition receptors; The silkworm genome database

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SILKWORM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 60849127859     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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