proPO system of Allogamus auricollis (Insecta): Effects of various compounds on phenoloxidase activity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-287

  Brivio, Maurizio F ^a   Mazzei, Claudio ^a   Scarí, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

hemolymph; immunity; insect; LPS; proPO system; protease inhibitors; Zymosan

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALLOGAMUS AURICOLLIS; ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; INSECTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029922340     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02025-X     Document Type: Article

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