Background Persistent infections with mutualistic intracellular bacteria (endosymbionts) are
well represented in insects and are considered to be a driving force in evolution. However …

As part of the innate humoral response to microbial attack, insects activate the expression of
antimicrobial peptides (AMP). Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of this response in …

Antimicrobial peptides are effector molecules induced after microbial challenges. These
form important components of innate host defense against the pathogens by exhibiting wide …

Injury of the insect body wall, which enables environmental microorganisms to invade into
insect tissues, induces innate immune responses including the induction of antimicrobial …

Immune‐associated genes of the beet armyworm, S podoptera exigua, were predicted from
454 pyrosequencing transcripts of hemocytes collected from fifth instar larvae challenged …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a group of immune proteins that protect the host from
infection. In Drosophila, seven groups of inducible AMPs have been identified, with activities …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are essential components of the insect innate immune
system. Their diversity provides protection against a broad spectrum of microbes and they …

In a number of species, individuals exposed to pathogens can mount an immune response
and transmit this immunological experience to their offspring, thereby protecting them …

Description: Insect antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important group of insect innate
immunity effectors. Insect AMPs are cationic and contain less than 100 amino acid residues …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important group of immune effectors that play a role in
combating microbial infections in invertebrates. Most of the current information on the …