Crustin expression following bacterial injection and temperature change in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1027-1033

  Brockton, Virginia ^a   Smith, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Carcinin; Innate immunity; Invertebrate immunity; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

CARCININ; CRUSTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINUS MAENAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANOCOCCUS CITREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PLANOCOCCUS CITREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 41949114268     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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