The production of antimicrobial peptides is an important aspect of host defense in multicellular
organisms. In Drosophila, seven antimicrobial peptides with different spectra of activities …

One of the characteristics of the host defense of higher insects is the rapid and transient
synthesis of a variety of potent antimicrobial peptides. To date, several distinct inducible …

Insects respond to a bacterial challenge by rapidly synthesizing a diverse range of antibacterial
and antifungal peptides. One of them, drosocin, a 19‐residue prone‐rich antibacterial …

Metchnikowin is a recently discovered proline-rich peptide from Drosophila with antibacterial
and antifungal properties. Like most other antimicrobial peptides from insects, its …

The binding properties of [ 3 H]-LY354740 were characterized on rat metabotropic glutamate
receptors mGlu2 and mGlu3 expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells using …

Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are a family of G-protein-coupled receptors that
play central roles as modulators of both glutamatergic and other major neurotransmitter …

Natural polyamines have been proposed to induce histamine release from mast cells through
a direct interaction with G proteins. Alternatively, the polyamine binding site of ionotropic N-…

The use of hydrogen peroxide as a sanitant in isolators and other barrier systems is well
documented. To confirm that the isolator maintains a germ-free environment between …

Les techniques articulaires ostéopathiques s’ imposent par leur capacité à soulager rapidement
le patient: leur pratique est en plein essor. Mais leur mise en œuvre nécessite des c... …

Many thousands of endoparasitic wasp species are known to inject polydnavirus (PDV)
particles into their caterpillar host during oviposition, causing immune and developmental …