An entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, inhibits the expression of an antibacterial peptide, cecropin, of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Ji, Dongjin ^a   Kim, Yonggyun ^a  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Arachidonic acid; Cecropin; Dexamethasone; Eicosanoids; Spodoptera exigua; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; CECROPIN B PROTEIN, INSECTA; ICOSANOID; INSECT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; RNA;

BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; PEPTIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; XENORHABDUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; EICOSANOIDS; GENES, INSECT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RNA; SPODOPTERA; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 2942569114     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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