Culex pipiens pipiens: Characterization of immune peptides and the influence of immune activation on development of Wuchereria bancrofti

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-50

  Bartholomay, Lyric C ^a   Farid, Hoda A ^b   Ramzy, Reda M ^b   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cecropin; Culex pipiens pipiens; Defensin; Gambicin; Immune peptides; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; GAMBICIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0141448815     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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