drosomycin

gene

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In Jules Hoffmann
…for regulating a gene called drosomycin, which encodes an antifungal peptide. Hoffmann found that mutations in molecules in the signaling pathway, known as the Toll (from the German word meaning “amazing” or “great”) signaling pathway, resulted in reduced survival of Drosophila following fungal infection. The discovery was crucial because it…
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