Plasmatocyte-spreading peptide (PSP) plays a central role in insect cellular immune defenses against bacterial infection

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1840-1848

  Eleftherianos, I ^a   Xu, M ^a   Yadi, H ^a   Ffrench Constant, R H ^b   Reynolds, S E ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular response; Insect immunity; Manduca sexta; Photorhabdus luminescens; Plasmatocyte spreading peptide; RNAi interference

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; PEPTIDES; PHOTORHABDUS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 66749174534     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026278     Document Type: Article

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