Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 635-639

  Bourtzis, K ^a,b,c   Pettigrew, M M ^a,d   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Drosophila simulans; Insect defensin; Insect immunity; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLONED GENE; DEFENSIN; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PARASITISM;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DNA; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0034523057     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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