Diptericin-like protein: an immune response gene regulated by the anti-bacterial gene induction pathway in Drosophila.

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Insects produce various anti-microbial peptides in response to injury and infection. In Drosophila, diptericin has previously been studied as an anti-bacterial immune response gene. Here, we report the cloning of the diptericin-like protein (dptlp) gene as a paralog of Drosophila diptericin. By comparison of their sequences, we found that the dptlp gene has all of the functional domains conserved in the...

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