Lipopolysaccharide elicits expression of immune-related genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Tanaka, H ^a   Sagisaka, A ^a   Fujita, K ^a   Kaneko, Y ^b   Imanishi, S ^a   Yamakawa, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide gene; Bombyx mori; Insect immunity; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES;

BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 58549116151     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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