Evidence of a novel immune responsive protein in the Hymenoptera

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 968-981

  Albert, Štefan ^a,b   Gätschenberger, Heike ^a   Azzami, Klara ^a   Gimple, Olaf ^a   Grimmer, Gudrun ^a,b   Sumner, Seirian ^c   Fujiyuki, Tomoko ^d   Tautz, Jürgen ^a   Mueller, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboxylesterase; Haemolymph; Honeybee; Hymenoptera; Innate immunity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA;

EID: 80355131963     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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