Identification of glucocorticoid receptor in Drosophila melanogaster.

Gloria BartoloLeandra O GonzalezSaleem AlamehC Alexander ValenciaMikhail Martchenko Shilman

Published in: BMC microbiology (2020)

This study identifies a D. melanogaster gene that structurally resembles vertebrate GR and is functionally necessary for the steroid-mediated immunosuppression to fungal infections.

Keyphrases

drosophila melanogaster
genome wide
copy number
binding protein
transcription factor