The gene expression of caspasses is up-regulated during the signaling response of aedes caspius against larvicidal bacteria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-233

  Al Roba, Abdulaziz A ^a   Aboul Soud, Mourad A M ^a,b   Ahmed, Ashraf M ^a,c   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aedes caspius; Apoptosis; Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringenesis; Caspase; Larvicidal bacteria

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 17; CASPASE 18; CASPASE 19; CASPASE 20; CASPASE 21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; AEDES CASPIUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

EID: 79251501367     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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