The effect of combined knockdowns of Attacins on survival and bacterial load in Tenebrio molitor
IntroductionUpon infection, insect hosts simultaneously express a cocktail of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) which can impede pathogen colonization and increase host fitness. It has been proposed that such a cocktail might be adaptive if the effects of co-expressed AMPs are greater than the sum of in...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1140627/full |