Abstract
In response to bacteria or trauma, insects produce a battery of antibacterial peptide or polypeptide such as cecropin, diptericin, attacin and defensin, the synthesis of which are induced in the fat body and secreted into the hemolymph where they act synergistically to kill the invading microorganisms. The insect host defence system shares common basic characteristics of the mammalian acute phase response, especially in the aspect of the coordinating gene expression, where similar cis-regulatory and inducible transactivator appear to play major roles.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 22-26 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Cecropia immunoresposive factor
- Dorsal related immunity factor
- Drosophila immunoresposive factor
- NF-κB
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
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The development of transcription regulating of insects antibacterial polypeptide. / Tu, Yizeng; Cai, Minying; Qu, Xianming.
In: Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1997, p. 22-26.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Qu, Xianming
PY - 1997
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AB - In response to bacteria or trauma, insects produce a battery of antibacterial peptide or polypeptide such as cecropin, diptericin, attacin and defensin, the synthesis of which are induced in the fat body and secreted into the hemolymph where they act synergistically to kill the invading microorganisms. The insect host defence system shares common basic characteristics of the mammalian acute phase response, especially in the aspect of the coordinating gene expression, where similar cis-regulatory and inducible transactivator appear to play major roles.
KW - Cecropia immunoresposive factor
KW - Dorsal related immunity factor
KW - Drosophila immunoresposive factor
KW - NF-κB
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