Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides
Bourtzis K, Pettigrew M, O’Neill S. Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides. Insect Molecular Biology 2000, 9: 635-639. PMID: 11122472, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00224.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect speciesCytoplasmic incompatibilityDifferent tissue tropismsSingle WolbachiaDefensin genesAntibacterial genesArthropod speciesAnopheles gambiaeWolbachiaExpression patternsMosquito speciesSpeciesGenesMosquito defensinUbiquitous parasiteHost immune systemImmune systemTissue tropismAntimicrobial peptidesTranscriptionAedes aegyptiAedes albopictusReproductive abnormalitiesDrosophilaParthenogenesis
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