Characterizing the infection-induced transcriptome of Nasonia vitripennis reveals a preponderance of taxonomically-restricted immune genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sackton, Timothy B ^a   Werren, John H ^b   Clark, Andrew G ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

EID: 84893580730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083984     Document Type: Article

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