-
Attacin is a glycine-rich
protein of
about 20 kDa
belonging to the
group of
antimicrobial peptides (AMP). It is
active against Gram-negative bacteria...
-
peptides (AMPs) such as cecropins, diptericin, drosocin,
metchnikowin and
attacin,
serves as a
first line
defence upon
septic injury.
However drosomycin...
- hydramacin, aurelin) many from
insects and
arthropods (e.g. cecropin,
attacin, melittin, mastoparan, drosomycin, thioester-containing
protein 1) amphibia...
- pyrrhocoricin, and abaecin, and a glycine-rich
domain with
similarity to
attacin.
Diptericin is an
iconic readout of
immune system activity in flies, used...
-
overexpressed in
reproductive females. 3
antimicrobian peptides (AMPs) (
attacin,
dipericine and a
termicine ortologue). It was
unexpected because the ant...
-
based on
injection by
Escherichia coli D31.
Cecropin B and D, hemolin,
attacin and
lysozyme were
detected in the hemolymph. Also,
injection of E. coli...
-
polypeptides in
Drosophila melanogaster such as Defensin, Cecropin, and
Attacin.
Further molecular genetic analysis revealed that the
promoters for the...
-
major antimicrobial peptide genes of Drosophila, particularly: Diptericin,
Attacin, Drosocin, Cecropin, and Defensin. The Imd
pathway regulates hundreds of...
-
number or letter.
However many
Sarcotoxins are
homologues of
Cecropins or
Attacins, and are not
unique to
Sarcophaga flies. Iwai, H.; Nakajima, Y.; Natori...
