An entomopathogenic bacterium, xenorhabdus nematophila, suppresses expression of antimicrobial peptides controlled by toll and imd pathways by blocking eicosanoid biosynthesis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 151-169

  Hwang, Jihyun ^a,b   Park, Youngjin ^a   Kim, Yonggyun ^a   Lee, Daeweon ^c  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^c Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Eicosanoid; Hemocyte; PLA2; Spodoptera exigua; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

ALKANONE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BENZYLIDENEACETONE; ICOSANOID; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CELL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPODOPTERA; XENORHABDUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BUTANONES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; EICOSANOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPODOPTERA; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 84883184278     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21103     Document Type: Article

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