The Invertebrate Lysozyme Effector ILYS-3 Is Systemically Activated in Response to Danger Signals and Confers Antimicrobial Protection in C. elegans

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Gravato Nobre, Maria João ^a   Vaz, Filipa ^a,b   Filipe, Sergio ^b   Chalmers, Ronald ^c   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; ILYS 3 GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84984843702     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005826     Document Type: Article

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