Beepath: An ordered quantitative-PCR array for exploring honey bee immunity and disease

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Evans, Jay D ^a  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Gene expression; Innate immunity; Microarray; Paenibacillus larvae; RT PCR; Social insect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 33947324166     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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