A new gene superfamily of pathogen-response (repat) genes in Lepidoptera: Classification and expression analysis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-17

  Navarro Cerrillo, G ^a   Hernandez Martinez P ^a   Vogel, H ^b   Ferre J ^a   Herrero, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Gut cell response; Insect pathogens; Midgut microbiota; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; INTESTINE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INTESTINES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METAGENOME; STEM CELLS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885935364     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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