To UPR ... and beyond!: A new role for a BiP/GRP78 protein in the control of antimicrobial peptide expression in C. elegans epidermis

Virulence

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3-

  Lamitina, Todd ^a,b   Chevet, Eric ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chaperone; D. coniospora; ER stress; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EDITORIAL; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRECHMERIA CONIOSPORA;

EID: 84862902949     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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