Antimicrobial peptides in the interactions between insects and flagellate parasites

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 262-268

  Boulanger, Nathalie ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^b   Lowenberger, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b ATHERIS LABORATORIES   (Switzerland)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOASSAY; CRITHIDIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA; FECES; FILARIASIS; FLAGELLATE; GLOSSINA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; LEISHMANIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; RHODNIUS; SALIVA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT VECTORS; MASTIGOPHORA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744966335     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.04.003     Document Type: Review

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