Involvement of NF-κB transcription factors in antimicrobial peptide gene induction in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Yokoi, Kakeru ^a   Koyama, Hiroaki ^a   Ito, Wataru ^a   Minakuchi, Chieka ^a   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^a   Miura, Ken ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Innate immunity; NF B; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIF1 GENE; DIF2 GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NF KAPPA B TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REL GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRIBOLIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 84866183011     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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