Manduca sexta moricin promoter elements can increase promoter activities of Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptide genes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 982-992

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Drosophila melanogaster; GATA; Manduca sexta; NF B; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MANDUCA; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 80355146835     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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