Identification of a cis-regulatory element required for 20-hydroxyecdysone enhancement of antimicrobial peptide gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-605

  Zhang, Z ^a   Palli, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptericin; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Innate immunity; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DPT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 70349221695     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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