Identification of immune-responsive genes in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus infected with the filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-398

  Kumar, B A ^a   Paily, K P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Defensin; Haemolymph; Immune peptides; Melanization; Serine protease; Serpin; Vector mosquito; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RNA;

DNA; GENE; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FILARIOIDEA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; SPIRURIDA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 56549129853     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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