Expression of defensin, cecropin, and transferrin in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) infected with Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), and the abnormal development of nematodes in the mosquito

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-371

  Magalhaes, Tereza ^a   Oliveira, Ieda F ^a   Melo Santos, Maria A V ^a   Oliveira, Claudia M F ^a   Lima, Catarina A ^a   Ayres, Constancia F J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Filaria; Immunity; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; CECROPIN A; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN A; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CECROPINS; CULEX; DEFENSINS; DNA, HELMINTH; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PARASITEMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANSFERRIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FILARIA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 55049121378     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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