Humoral immune response of Galleria mellonella larvae after infection by Beauveria bassiana under optimal and heat-shock conditions

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-531

  Wojda, Iwona ^a   Kowalski, Patryk ^a   Jakubowicz, Teresa ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptides; Beauveria bassiana; Galleria mellonella; Heat shock; Lysozyme

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LYSOZYME;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENDER; HEAT SHOCK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; MOTH; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BEAUVERIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS; MURAMIDASE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA;

EID: 67349227161     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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