Dynamics of immune system gene expression upon bacterial challenge and wounding in a social insect (Bombus terrestris)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Erler, Silvio ^a   Popp, Mario ^a   Lattorff, H Michael G ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABAECIN; CELL PROTEIN; DEFENSIN 1; HYMENOPTAECIN; JANUS KINASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; PROTEIN TEP A; RELISH PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASKET GENE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RELISH GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND; ANIMAL; BEE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953232009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018126     Document Type: Article

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