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    Diptericin is a 9 kDa antimicrobial peptide (AMP) of flies first isolated from the blowfly Phormia terranova. It is primarily active against Gram-negative...
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  • peptide gene Diptericin. The fly's defence against P. rettgeri seems to rely almost exclusively on Diptericin, as deletion of Diptericin leads to complete...
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    Dorsal was directly linked to the expression of the Diptericin gene. However, it turned out that Diptericin was normally induced even in the loss-of-function...
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    gene Diptericin. Surprisingly, the fly's defence against P. rettgeri seems to rely almost exclusively on Diptericin, as deletion of Diptericin leads...
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    neotestacea, however the antimicrobial peptide Diptericin B has been lost. This loss of Diptericin B is also common to the related Drosophila testacea...
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    readiness and male willingness to copulate. The antimicrobial peptide gene Diptericin B has been pseudogenized in D. testacea and likely its sister species...
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    Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms, which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system. "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated...
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    anti-Tuberculosis activities. Aurein Bacteriocin Cathelicidin Copsin Diptericin Paneth cells Peripheral membrane proteins Virtual colony count Ageitos...
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    drosomycin, alongside other antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) such as cecropins, diptericin, drosocin, metchnikowin and attacin, serves as a first line defence upon...
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    widely conserved in different insects from butterflies to fruit flies. Diptericin, a structurally related antimicrobial peptide Imler JL, Bulet P (2005)...
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    of the major antimicrobial peptide genes of Drosophila, particularly: Diptericin, Attacin, Drosocin, Cecropin, and Defensin. The Imd pathway regulates...
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    expression of the two major inducible antibacterial peptides, defensin and diptericin, in Phormia terranovae." EMBO J. 9: 2507-515. Green, A. A. "The Control...
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    mushroom-breeding flies were independent, suggesting Diptericin B is actively lost in these species. However Diptericin B is retained in Drosophila innubila, and...
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    such as D. guttifera and D. neotestacea, the antimicrobial peptide gene Diptericin B has been pseudogenized. However this gene is maintained in D. innubila...
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