Rhodnius prolixus: Identification of immune-related genes up-regulated in response to pathogens and parasites using suppressive subtractive hybridization

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-120

  Ursic Bedoya, Raul J ^a   Lowenberger, Carl A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tags; Innate immunity; Parasitic infection; Rhodnius prolixus; Suppressive subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FAT BODY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODNIUS; RNA ISOLATION; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33748926247     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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