Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AI036258-02
Application #
2072431
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG5-TMP (01))
Project Start
1995-07-01
Project End
1999-06-30
Budget Start
1996-07-01
Budget End
1997-06-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department
Zoology
Type
Schools of Earth Sciences/Natur
DUNS #
168559177
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55455
Hernandez, Vida P; Higgins, LeeAnn; Fallon, Ann M (2003) Characterization and cDNA cloning of an immune-induced lysozyme from cultured Aedes albopictus mosquito cells. Dev Comp Immunol 27:11-20
Nasr, Nadia M; Fallon, Ann M (2003) Detection of lysozyme-like enzymatic activity secreted by an immune-responsive mosquito cell line. J Invertebr Pathol 82:162-6
Sun, D; Fallon, A M (2002) Characterization of genomic DNA encoding cecropins from an Aedes albopictus mosquito cell line. Insect Mol Biol 11:21-30
Eccleston, E D; Gerenday, Anna; Fallon, Ann M (2002) Leveraging genomic databases: from an Aedes albopictus mosquito cell line to the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae via the Drosophila genome project. Insect Mol Biol 11:187-95
Fallon, A M; Sun, D (2001) Exploration of mosquito immunity using cells in culture. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 31:263-78
Gao, Y; Fallon, A M (2000) Immune activation upregulates lysozyme gene expression in Aedes aegypti mosquito cell culture. Insect Mol Biol 9:553-8
Gao, Y; Hernandez, V P; Fallon, A M (1999) Immunity proteins from mosquito cell lines include three defensin A isoforms from Aedes aegypti and a defensin D from Aedes albopictus. Insect Mol Biol 8:311-8
Sun, D; Eccleston, E D; Fallon, A M (1999) Cloning and expression of three cecropin cDNAs from a mosquito cell line. FEBS Lett 454:147-51
Sun, D; Eccleston, E D; Fallon, A M (1998) Peptide sequence of an antibiotic cecropin from the vector mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 249:410-5
Yoshiga, T; Hernandez, V P; Fallon, A M et al. (1997) Mosquito transferrin, an acute-phase protein that is up-regulated upon infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:12337-42