The fatty acid synthase fasn-1 acts upstream of WNK and ste20/GCK-VI kinases to modulate antimicrobial peptide expression in C. elegans epidermis

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Lee, Kwang Zin ^a,b,c   Kniazeva, Marina ^d   Han, Min ^d   Pujol, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Homeostasis; Innate immunity; Model organism; Signalling

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; PROTEIN NLP 29; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRECHMERIA CONIOSPORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955718770     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.3.10974     Document Type: Article

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