Immune proteins and their gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Yamakawa, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Gene expression; Humoral reactions; Immune proteins; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEMOCYTIN; ION CHANNEL; LEBOCIN; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MORICIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CLEARANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILKWORM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032994092     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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