Antimicrobial peptide gene induction, involvement of Toll and IMD pathways and defense against bacteria in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Results in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-82

  Yokoi, Kakeru ^a   Koyama, Hiroaki ^a   Minakuchi, Chieka ^a   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^a   Miura, Ken ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; IMD pathway; Innate immunity; Toll pathway; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN IMD; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATT1 GENE; ATT2 GENE; ATT3 GENE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEC2 GENE; CEC3 GENE; COL1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEF1 GENE; DEF2 GENE; DEF3 GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; YEAST;

EID: 84866156530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22112839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinim.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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