Lipoteichoic acid and lipopolysaccharide can activate antimicrobial peptide expression in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1119-1128

  Rao, Xiang Jun ^a   Yu, Xiao Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Lipopolysaccharide; Lipoteichoic acid; Manduca sexta; Peptidoglycan; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LEBOCIN; LIPID A; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MORICIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 77955281418     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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