Relish regulates expression of antimicrobial peptide genes in the honeybee, Apis mellifera, shown by RNA interference

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 753-759

  Schluns H ^a   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IMD pathway; Innate immunity; NF B like transcription factor; Quantitative PCR; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN PROTEIN, APIS MELLIFERA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYMENOPTAECIN PROTEIN, APIS MELLIFERA; INSECT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 37349097724     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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