Antimicrobial peptides play a functional role in bumblebee anti-trypanosome defense

Bumblebees, amongst the most important of pollinators, are under enormous population pressures. One of these is disease. The bumblebee and its gut trypanosome Crithidia bombi are one of the fundamental models of ecological immunology. Although there is previous evidence of increased immune gene expr...

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Published in:	bioRxiv
Main Authors:	Soni Deshwal, Mallon, Eamonn
Format:	Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 16.10.2014 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Edition:	1.1
Subjects:	Antimicrobial peptides Gene expression Immunology Intestinal microflora Microbiota Pollinators RNA-mediated interference RNAi antimicrobial peptides gut microbiota
ISSN:	2692-8205, 2692-8205
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