Immune-Related Transcriptome of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki Workers: The Defense Mechanism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hussain, Abid ^a,b   Li, Yi Feng ^a   Cheng, Yu ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Chen, Chuan Cheng ^a   Wen, Shuo Yang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BEAUVERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEAUVERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84880502526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069543     Document Type: Article

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