RNA-sequencing analysis reveals abundant developmental stage-specific and immunity-related genes in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-112

  Vogel, H ^a   Badapanda, C ^b   Knorr, E ^b   Vilcinskas, A ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); innate immunity; plant insect interactions; pollen beetle; RNA Seq; transcriptome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS;

ALLERGEN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES (AMPS); ARTICLE; BEETLE; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS; POLLEN; POLLEN BEETLE; RAPESEED; RNA-SEQ; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES (AMPS); INNATE IMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS; POLLEN BEETLE; RNA-SEQ; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRASSICA NAPUS; LARVA; POLLEN; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84891747941     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12067     Document Type: Article

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