Publications

 

An, C., Ragan, E. J., Kanost, M. R. (2011). Serpin-1 splicing isoform J inhibits the proSpätzle-activating proteinase HP8 to regulate expression of antimicrobial hemolymph proteins in  Manduca sexta. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 35(1), 135–141.

 

Ragan, E. J., An, C., Yang, C. T., Kanost, M. R. (2010). Analysis of mutually exclusive alternatively spliced serpin-1 isoforms and identification of serpin-1 proteinase complexes in Manduca sexta hemolymph. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(38), 29642–29650.

 

Zhu, Y., Ragan, E. J., Kanost, M. R. (2010). Leureptin: A soluble, extracellular leucine-rich repeat protein from  Manduca sexta that binds lipopolysaccharide. Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 40(10), 713–722.

 

An, C., Ishibashi, J., Ragan, E. J., Jiang, H., Kanost, M. R. (2009). Functions of Manduca sexta hemolymph proteinases HP6 and HP8 in two innate immune pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(29), 19716–19726.

 

Ragan, E. J., An, C., Jiang, H., Kanost, M. (2009). Roles of hemolymph proteins in antimicrobial defenses of Manduca sexta. Insect Infection and Immunity, Evolution, Ecology and Mechanisms., (pp. 34–48). Oxford University Press, Oxford.