A splice variant of PGRP-LC required for expression of antimicrobial peptides in Anopheles gambiae

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-192

  Lin, Hui ^a,c   Zhang, Lingmin ^b,c   Luna, Coralia ^c   Hoa, Ngo T ^c   Zheng, Liangbiao ^c  

^a Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Innate immunity; Malaria; Mosquito; Peptidoglycan recognition protein

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 41549119406     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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