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