Temperature stress affects the expression of immune response genes in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-280

  Xu, J ^a   James, R R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alfalfa leafcutting bee; chalkbrood disease; gene expression profiling; temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; GENE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; GENES, INSECT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LARVA; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SERINE PROTEASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA;

EID: 84862788378     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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