Expression of larval jelly antimicrobial peptide defensin1 in Apis mellifera colonies

Biologia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-211

  Klaudiny, Jaroslav ^a   Bachanová, Katarína ^a   Kohútová, Lenka ^a   Dzúrová, Mária ^a   Kopernický, Ján ^b   Majtán, Juraj ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Animal Production Research Centre   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; defensin; honeybee breeding; honeybee defense; honeybee disease; Paenibacillus larvae; social immunity

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 84855574109     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0153-8     Document Type: Article

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