Eicosanoids mediate modulation responses to bacterial infections in larvae of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-12

  Miller, J S ^a   Howard, R W ^b   Nguyen, T ^a   Nguyen, A ^a   Rosario, R M T ^a   Stanley Samuelson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eicosanoids; Immunity; Nodulation; Phospholipase A2; Zophobas atratus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001818292     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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