Inducible immune proteins in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a   Cornelisse, Tara ^b   Guschanski, Katerina ^a   Traniello, James F A ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Immunocompetence; Isoptera; Metarhizium anisopliae; Social insects

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE IMMUNE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PROTEIN; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PATHOGENESIS; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM;

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TERMOPSIDAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 33845741096     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0151-9     Document Type: Article

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