A different repertoire of Galleria mellonella antimicrobial peptides in larvae challenged with bacteria and fungi

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1129-1136

  Mak, Pawel ^a   Zdybicka Barabas, Agnieszka ^b   Cytryńska, Małgorzata ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial defense peptides; Galleria mellonella; Innate immunity; Lysozyme

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC PEPTIDE 1; ANIONIC PEPTIDE 2; APOLIPOPHORICIN; CECROPIN D; DEFENSIN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE RICH PEPTIDE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; FUNGI; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77955277822     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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