Molecular characterization of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) transferrin and its response to parasitoid Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae Gravenhorst)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-147

  Guz, N ^a   Kilincer, N ^a   Aksoy, S ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defence reactions; Ephestia kuehniella; transferrin; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFERRIN; WASPS;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; EPHESTIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PYRALIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITURA; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 84858339264     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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