Functional amyloids in insect immune response

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Falabella, Patrizia ^a   Riviello, Lea ^a   Pascale, Mariarosa ^a   Di Lelio, Ilaria ^b,c   Tettamanti, Gianluca ^d   Grimaldi, Annalisa ^d   Iannone, Carla ^b   Monti, Maria ^b   Pucci, Piero ^b   Tamburro, Antonio Mario ^a   deEguileor, Magda ^d   Gigliotti, Silvia ^c   Pennacchio, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloids; Cellular immunity; Haemocytes; Humoural immunity; Melanin synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; INSECT PROTEIN; MELANIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS;

HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 84856215756     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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