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A novel lectin with a fibrinogen‐like domain and its potential involvement in the innate immune response of Armigeres subalbatus against bacteria
24 May 2004
Abstract excerpt
Mosquitoes have an efficient cellular innate immune response that includes phagocytosis of microbial pathogens and encapsulation of metozoan parasites. In this study, we describe a novel lectin in the mosquito, Armigeres subalbatus (aslectin or AL-1). The 1.27 kb cDNA clone for the AL-1 gene (AL-1) encodes a 279 deduced amino acid sequence that contains a C-terminal fibrinogen-like domain. AL-1 is transcribed in...
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