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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Anopheles gambiae
SUBMITTER: Kristin Michel
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17866 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20091125 50
Insect hemocytes mediate important cellular immune responses including phagocytosis and encapsulation and also secrete immune factors such as opsonins, melanization factors, and antimicrobial peptides. However, the molecular composition of these important immune cells has not been elucidated in depth, because of their scarcity in the circulating hemolymph, their adhesion to multiple tissues and the lack of primary culture methods to produce sufficient material for a genome-wide analysis. In this ...[more]