Targeting an antimicrobial effector function in insect immunity as a pest control strategy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 12652-12657

  Bulmer, Mark S ^a,c   Bachelet, Ido ^b   Raman, Rahul ^b   Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^a   Sasisekharan, Ram ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(1,3) glucanase; Gram negative bacteria binding proteins; Pattern recognition receptor; Social insect immunity; Termites

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; BINDING PROTEIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOPTERA; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 69149088368     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904063106     Document Type: Article

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