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Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects
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Riddell, Carolyn, Adams, Sally, Schmid-Hempel, Paul and Mallon, Eamonn B. (2009) Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects. PL o S One, Vol.4 (No.10). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007621 ISSN 1932-6203.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007621
Abstract
Recent ecological studies in invertebrates show that the outcome of an infection is dependent on the specific pairing of
host and parasite. Such specificity contrasts the long-held view that invertebrate innate immunity depends on a broadspectrum
recognition system. An important question is whether this specificity is due to the immune response rather than
some other interplay between host and parasite genotypes. By measuring the expression of putative bumblebee
homologues of antimicrobial peptides in response to infection by their gut trypanosome Crithidia bombi, we demonstrate
that expression differences are associated with the specific interactions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Host-parasite relationships, Invertebrates -- Infections, Immune response, Bumblebees -- Infections, Crithidia | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | PL o S One | ||||
Publisher: | Public Library of Science | ||||
ISSN: | 1932-6203 | ||||
Official Date: | 27 October 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.4 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007621 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Royal Society (Great Britain), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), British Ecological Society |
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