Knock-down of REL2, but not defensin A, augments Aedes aegypti susceptibility to Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-173

  Magalhaes, T ^a   Leandro, D C ^a,b   Ayres, C F J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Defensin; imd pathway; Mosquito immunity; Relish; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN REL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PEPTIDE; RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; IMAGO; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEFENSINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 74149084137     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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