The role of NF-κB factor REL2 in the Aedes aegypti immune response

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-314

  Antonova, Yevgeniya ^a   Alvarez, Kanwal S ^a   Kim, Yu Jung ^a   Kokoza, Vladimir ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Mosquito; Plasmodium; Rel transactivation domain; Relish; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; DEFENSINS; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 62349110366     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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