The Drosophila PRR GNBP3 assembles effector complexes involved in antifungal defenses independently of its Toll-pathway activation function

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1244-1254

  Matskevich, Alexey A ^a,b   Quintin, Jessica ^a,c   Ferrandon, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifungal response; Drosophila; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BINDING PROTEIN 3; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BEAUVERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGI; HEMOLYMPH; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERPINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 77951740257     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200940164     Document Type: Review

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