Cloning the activating transcription factor associated with stress-1 in Litopenaeus vannamei (designated as LvATFS-1).
LvATFS-1 could reduced the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species.
LvATFS-1 upregulated the expression of the antibacterial peptide genes in S2 cells.
Knocked-down LvATFS-1 caused a higher cumulative mortality upon V. alginolyticus or WSSV infection in L. vannamei.