Tyrosine and catecholamine levels in the hemolymph of tobacco hornworm larvae, Manduca sexta, parasitized by the braconid wasp, Cotesia congregata, and in the developing parasitoids

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 193-201

  Hopkins, Theodore L ^a   Starkey, Sharon R ^a   Beckage, Nancy E ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cotesia congregata; Dopamine; Manduca sexta; Melanization; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Sclerotization; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000040748     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)38:4<193::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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