Age-specific variation in immune response in Drosophila melanogaster has a genetic basis

Genetics

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 989-1002

  Felix, Tashauna M ^a   Hughes, Kimberly A ^b   Stone, Eric A ^c   Drnevich, Jenny M ^d   Leips, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; INBRED STRAIN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, INSECT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863875322     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.140640     Document Type: Article

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