Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Riddell, Carolyn ^a   Adams, Sally ^b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^c   Mallon, Eamonn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN; DEFENSIN; HYMENOPTAECIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRITHIDIA BOMBI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 70449602466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007621     Document Type: Article

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