Antimicrobial peptides play a functional role in bumblebee anti-trypanosome defense
Soni Deshwal, Eamonn B. Mallon
This study shows that antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a functional role in bumblebee defense against Crithidia bombi infection using RNAi knockdown.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2014 · PreprintImmunology