Drosomycin, an essential component of antifungal defence in Drosophila

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-556

  Zhang, Z T ^a   Zhu, S Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptide; CS motif; Innate immunity; Plant defensin; Toll signal pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 70349206320     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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