Characterization of a defensin from the sand fly Phlebotomus duboscqi induced by challenge with bacteria or the protozoan parasite Leishmania major

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7140-7146

  Boulanger, Nathalie ^a   Lowenberger, Carl ^d   Volf, Petr ^e   Ursic, Raul ^d   Sigutova, Lucie ^e   Sabatier, Laurence ^c   Svobodova, Milena ^e   Beverley, Stephen M ^f   Späth, Gerald ^f   Brun, Reto ^g   Pesson, Bernard ^b   Bulet, Philippe ^c,h  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h ATHERIS LABORATORIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; FEMALE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSYCHODIDAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 9244264432     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7140-7146.2004     Document Type: Article

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