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• A serpin that regulates immune melanization in the respiratory system of Drosophila.

  Epithelial tissues facing the external environment are essential to combating microbial infection. In addition to providing a physical barrier, epithe…

  Authors: Huaping Tang, Zakaria Kambris, Bruno Lemaitre, Carl Hashimoto

  Source: Developmental cell. 2008 Oct

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• Drosophila Serpin-28D regulates hemolymph phenoloxidase activity and adult pigmentation.

  In insects the enzyme phenoloxidase (PO) catalyzes melanin deposition at the wound site and around parasitoid eggs. Its proenzyme prophenoloxidase (pr…

  Authors: Christoph Scherfer, Huaping Tang, Zakaria Kambris, Nouara Lhocine, Carl Hashimoto, Bruno Lemaitre

  Source: Developmental biology. 2008 Nov 15

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• Regulation and function of the melanization reaction in Drosophila.

  The melanization reaction, involving the synthesis of melanin to encapsulate pathogens, is a prominent immune response in Drosophila, the mosquito and…

  Authors: Huaping Tang

  Source: Fly. 2009 Jan-Mar

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• Two proteases defining a melanization cascade in the immune system of Drosophila.

  The melanization reaction is used as an immune mechanism in arthropods to encapsulate and kill microbial pathogens. In Drosophila, the serpin Spn27A r…

  Authors: Huaping Tang, Zakaria Kambris, Bruno Lemaitre, Carl Hashimoto

  Source: The Journal of biological chemistry. 2006 Sep 22

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