Concepedia

Differential expansion and evolution of the exon family encoding the Serpin-1 reactive centre loop has resulted in divergent serpin repertoires among the Lepidoptera

Dwayne D. Hegedus, Martin A. Erlandson, Douglas Baldwin, Xingwei Hou, Mahmood Chamankhah

Gene · 2008 · 24 citations · 24 references

Concepts

BiologyDivergent SerpinPattern FormationGeneticsEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyEvolutionary GeneticsDifferential ExpansionMolecular GeneticsGenetic VariationGene EvolutionExon FamilyPublic HealthMedicineBiological Evolution

References

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Structure of a serpin–protease complex shows inhibition by deformation

James A. Huntington, Randy J. Read, Robin W. Carrell · Nature · 2000 · 1.1K citations

Protein Chemistry, Protein Assembly, Natural Sciences +2

Phylogeny of the Serpin Superfamily: Implications of Patterns of Amino Acid Conservation for Structure and Function

James A. Irving · Genome Research · 2000 · 554 citations

Constitutive Activation of Toll-Mediated Antifungal Defense in Serpin-Deficient <i>Drosophila</i>

Elena A. Levashina, Emma Langley, Clare Green et al. · Science · 1999 · 435 citations

Toll-like Receptors, Molecular Immunology, Constitutive Activation +15

Prophenoloxidase-activating proteinase-3 (PAP-3) from Manduca sexta hemolymph: a clip-domain serine proteinase regulated by serpin-1J and serine proteinase homologs

Haobo Jiang, Yang Wang, Xiao‐Qiang Yu et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2003 · 214 citations

Serine Proteinase Homologs, Protein Function, Protein Expression +5

Manduca sexta Serpin-3 Regulates Prophenoloxidase Activation in Response to Infection by Inhibiting Prophenoloxidase-activating Proteinases

Yifei Zhu, Yang Wang, Maureen J. Gorman et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 181 citations · Full text