Bacterial feeding, Leishmania infection and distinct infection routes induce differential defensin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Telleria, Erich L ^a,c,d   Sant'Anna, Maurício R Viana ^b   Alkurbi, Mohammad O ^c   Pitaluga, André N ^a   Dillon, Rod J ^b   Traub Csekö, Yara M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Defensin; Leishmania; Lutzomyia longipalpis

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHYLOGENY; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; POSIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84872154945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-12     Document Type: Article

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