Gut pathology and responses to the microsporidium Nosema ceranae in the honey bee Apis mellifera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dussaubat, Claudia ^a   Brunet, Jean Luc ^a   Higes, Mariano ^b   Colbourne, John K ^c   Lopez, Jacqueline ^c   Choi, Jeong Hyeon ^c   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^b   Botías, Cristina ^b   Cousin, Marianne ^a   McDonnell, Cynthia ^a   Bonnet, Marc ^a   Belzunces, Luc P ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^d   Le Conte, Yves ^a   Alaux, Cédric ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b Bee Pathology Laboratory   (Spain)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SUGAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WNT PROTEIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEYBEE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ANIMAL; BEE; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA CERANAE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BEES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NOSEMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84862064138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037017     Document Type: Article

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