Antimicrobial Peptide Evolution in the Asiatic Honey Bee Apis cerana
Peng Xu, Min Shi, Xue-xin Chen · 2009
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Peng Xu, Min Shi, and Xue-xin Chen published this bee study in PLOS ONE in 2009. The Asiatic honey bee, Apis cerana, is an important honey bee across Asia. It still lives wild yet is also one of the few bee species people can domesticate, and it carries genetic advantages over its western cousin.
The authors traced the evolution of its antimicrobial peptides, small proteins that kill microbes and form a first line of immune defence. Comparing these peptides across bees shows how the weapons changed as the species adapted. The work adds an Asian chapter to the study of insect immunity.
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| CREATOR | Peng Xu, Min Shi, Xue-xin Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2009 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004239