Tribolium castaneum defensins are primarily active against Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 208-215

  Tonk, Miray ^a   Knorr, Eileen ^a   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^b   Valdés, James J ^c   Kollewe, Christian ^a   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,d  

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

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Defensin; Gram positive bacteria; Innate immunity; Insects; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84945949138     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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