Identification of mycosis-related genes in the eastern subterranean termite by suppression subtractive hybridization

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-76

  Gao, Qi ^a   Tancredi, Sarah E ^a   Thompson, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; Metarhizium anisopliae; Reticulitermes flavipes; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84862314639     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21026     Document Type: Article

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