Insect antimicrobial peptides act synergistically to inhibit a trypanosome parasite

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1695, 2016, Pages

  Marxer, Monika ^a   Vollenweider, Vera ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bombus; Combination; Synergy; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTOZOAN; SYNERGISM;

ARTHROPODA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; HEXAPODA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BEE; CRITHIDIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; CRITHIDIA; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS;

EID: 84966425162     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0302     Document Type: Article

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