Regulation of the innate immune responses in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Yamakawa, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bombyx mori; Cellular immunity; Innate immunity; Melanization; Paralytic peptide

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054843950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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