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| Author(s): |
Luciana Moreira Martins
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2016-04-07 |
| Examining board members: |
Ronaldo Zucatelli Mendonça;
Renato Mancini Astray;
Fernando Luiz Kamitani;
Maria Isabel de Oliveira;
Rita de Cássia Ruiz
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| Advisor: | Ronaldo Zucatelli Mendonça |
| Abstract | |
The insects are able to survive in diverse ecosystems on earth, and even being constantly exposed to the threat of microbial infections, remain free of infection for most of the time. This survivability combined with the wide distribution of insects in totally different regions has stimulated the search for new therapeutic agents in this class due to the discovery of several components of nonspecific mechanisms to fight infection, and possible implementation in the control of various diseases. However, despite a large number of defense molecules have been identified from various insects, little information is available on their applications. Thus, this paper elucidates the general transcriptomic profile and integument of defense gene Podalia orsilochus during their larval stage. As a result, the transcripts and the data obtained will aid in further research, to compare, reference, biological knowledge and defense or animal phylogeny relationships. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/00276-3 - Construction of cDNA library of larvae Megalopygidae family. |
| Grantee: | Luciana Moreira Martins |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |