Immune Response in Insects: The Role of Phenoloxidase in Defense Reactions in Relation to Melanization and Sclerotization

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-133

  Marmaras, Vassilis J ^a   Charalambidis, Nektarios D ^a   Zervas, Christos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Cuticle; Diptera; Hemocytes; Lipopolysaccharide; ProPO cascade

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; FLY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; HEMOCYTES; INSECTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MELANINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 0029686049     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:2<119::AID-ARCH1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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