Peptide RGDS inhibits the fibronectin-enhanced phagocytosis of yeast cells by Galleria mellonella hemocytes in vitro

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-200

  Wittwer, Daniela ^a   Wiesner, Andreas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arg Gly Asp; Fibronectin; Galleria mellonella; Insect hemocytes; Phagocytosis; RGD; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARGINYL GLYCYL ASPARTYL SERINE; ARGINYL-GLYCYL-ASPARTYL-SERINE; FIBRONECTIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; FIBRONECTINS; HEMOCYTES; MOTHS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; YEASTS;

EID: 0030237319     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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