A Critical Role for CLSP2 in the Modulation of Antifungal Immune Response in Mosquitoes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yan Hong ^a   Hu, Yang ^b,c   Xing, Long Sheng ^a,d   Jiang, Hong ^a   Hu, Song Nian ^b   Raikhel, Alexander S ^e   Zou, Zhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC LINKER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; INSECTICIDE; LECTIN; PROPHENOLOXIDASE; PROTEIN; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOSQUITO; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CULICIDAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE PROTEASES;

EID: 84936770075     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004931     Document Type: Article

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