Spodoptera frugiperda X-tox protein, an immune related defensin rosary, has lost the function of ancestral defensins.

Spodoptera frugiperda X-tox protein, an immune related defensin rosary, has lost the function of ancestral defensins.

BACKGROUND:X-tox proteins are a family of immune-related proteins only found in Lepidoptera and characterized by imperfectly conserved tandem repeats of several defensin-like motifs. Previous phylogenetic analysis of X-tox genes supported the hypothesis that X-tox have evolved from defensins in a li...

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Main Authors: Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón, Michel Brehelin, Philippe Bulet, Yvan Boublik, Pierre-Alain Girard, Stephen Baghdiguian, Robert Zumbihl, Jean-Michel Escoubas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2728511?pdf=render

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