{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Ahmed S"],"funding":["Rural Development Administration"],"pubmed_abstract":["Western flower thrips, <i>Frankliella occidentalis</i>, is a serious pest by directly infesting host crops. It can also give indirect damage to host crops by transmitting a plant virus called tomato spotted wilt virus. A fungal pathogen, <i>Beauveria bassiana</i>, can infect thrips. It has been used as a biopesticide. However, little is known on the defense of thrips against this fungal pathogen. This study assessed the defense of thrips against the fungal infection with respect to immunity by analyzing immune-associated genes of <i>F. occidentalis</i> in both larvae and adults. Immunity-associated genes of western flower thrips were selected from three immunity steps: nonself recognition, mediation, and immune responses. For the pathogen recognition step, dorsal switch protein 1 (DSP1) wa"],"journal":["Frontiers in immunology"],"pagination":["875239"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9016178"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["HMG-Like DSP1 Mediates Immune Responses of the Western Flower Thrips (<i>Frankliniella occidentalis</i>) Against <i>Beauveria bassiana</i>, a Fungal Pathogen."],"pmcid":["PMC9016178"],"pubmed_authors":["Choi D","Ahmed S","Kim Y","Roy MC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"HMG-Like DSP1 Mediates Immune Responses of the Western Flower Thrips (<i>Frankliniella occidentalis</i>) Against <i>Beauveria bassiana</i>, a Fungal Pathogen.","description":"Western flower thrips, <i>Frankliella occidentalis</i>, is a serious pest by directly infesting host crops. It can also give indirect damage to host crops by transmitting a plant virus called tomato spotted wilt virus. A fungal pathogen, <i>Beauveria bassiana</i>, can infect thrips. It has been used as a biopesticide. However, little is known on the defense of thrips against this fungal pathogen. This study assessed the defense of thrips against the fungal infection with respect to immunity by analyzing immune-associated genes of <i>F. occidentalis</i> in both larvae and adults. Immunity-associated genes of western flower thrips were selected from three immunity steps: nonself recognition, mediation, and immune responses. For the pathogen recognition step, dorsal switch protein 1 (DSP1) wa","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-18T21:51:31.48Z","creation":"2025-02-19T03:18:36.221Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9016178","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35450074"],"doi":["10.3389/fimmu.2022.875239"]}}