Drosomycin is an antifungal peptide from Drosophila melanogaster and was the first antifungal peptide isolated from insects. Drosomycin is induced by...
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of innate immunity,". [More specifically, the work showing increased Drosomycin expression following activation of Toll pathway in microbial infection...
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induction of transcription of genes for antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) such as drosomycin. Drosophila have a total of 9 toll family and 6 spz family genes that...
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insects and arthropods (e.g. cecropin, attacin, melittin, mastoparan, drosomycin, thioester-containing protein 1) amphibia, frogs (magainin, dermaseptin...
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into an antimicrobial environment. Hans G. Boman Antimicrobial peptides Drosomycin Metchnikowin Baramicin Daisho The Toll immunity signalling pathway Clemmons...
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effector peptide response, which includes the gene families Bomanin, Drosomycin, Metchnikowin, and Baramicin. Cohen LB, Lindsay SA, Xu Y, Lin SJ, Wasserman...
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in vivo function. Mutants for the defensin-like antimicrobial peptide Drosomycin were more susceptible to fungi, validating a role for defensin-like peptides...
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