The Drosophila serpins: Multiple functions in immunity and morphogenesis

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 499, Issue , 2011, Pages 205-225

  Reichhart, Jean Marc ^a   Gubb, David ^b   Leclerc, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CLIP; Drosophila; Innate immunity; Serine protease; Serpin; Toll

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DROSOMYCIN; FUMAGILLIN; LEVODOPA; MACROGLOBULIN; PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SEMINAL FLUID PROTEIN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG INHIBITION; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSPORIDIA; MORPHOGENESIS; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; NORA VIRUS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENESIS; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959350886     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386471-0.00011-0     Document Type: Chapter

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