Expression of immune responsive genes in cell lines from two different Anopheline species

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-729

  Luna, C ^a   Hoa, N T ^a   Lin, H ^a,b   Zhang, L ^a,c   Nguyen, H L A ^a   Kanzok, S M ^a   Zheng, L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Diseases Control and Prevention of Fujian Province   (China)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Innate immunity; Malaria; Mosquito; NF B

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNITY; INSECT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

EID: 33845611179     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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