Induced nitric oxide synthesis in the gut of Manduca sexta protects against oral infection by the bacterial pathogen photorhabdus luminescens

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-516

  Eleftherianos, I ^a   Felfoldi G ^b   Ffrench Constant, R H ^c   Reynolds, S E ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; Manduca sexta; Nitric oxide synthase; Photorhabdus luminescens; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CELL; FAT BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FAT BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; MANDUCA; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTORHABDUS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 67651151196     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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