Effect of pre-incubation temperature on susceptibility of Galleria mellonella larvae to infection by Candida albicans

Mycopathologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-12

  Mowlds, Peter ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anti microbial peptides; Cellular response; Galleria mellonella; Gene expression; Haemocytes; Host defence; Humoral response

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; GALLERIMYCIN; INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOCYTES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFERRIN; VIRULENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 38549110765     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9069-9     Document Type: Article

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