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Negative regulation by amidase PGRPs shapes the Drosophila antibacterial response and protects the fly from innocuous infection.
Immunity - 23 Nov 2011
Paredes Juan C, Welchman David P, Poidevin Mickaël, Lemaitre Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are key regulators of insect immune responses. In addition to recognition PGRPs, which activate the Toll and Imd pathways, the Drosophila genome encodes six catalytic PGRPs with the capacity to scavenge peptidoglycan. We have performed a systematic analysis of catalytic PGRP function using deletions, separately and in combination. Our findings support the role of PGRP-LB...
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