The humoral antibacterial response of Drosophila - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 1993 Jun 28;325(1-2):63-6.

doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81414-u.

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The humoral antibacterial response of Drosophila

J A Hoffmann et al. FEBS Lett. 1993.

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Abstract

Drosophila, like other insects, responds to the injection of bacteria by the rapid and transient synthesis of a battery of potent antibacterial peptides. Only a few of these peptides have been fully characterized to date. We review our recent data on the control of the expression of a gene encoding one of the induced peptides, i.e. diptericin. Our data highlight the role of proximal cis-regulatory motifs similar to regulatory elements binding NF-kappa B and NF-IL6 in promoters of some immune genes of mammals. We argue that the Drosophila host defense is homologous to the mammalian acute phase response.

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