Effects of inhibitors of serine protease, phenoloxidase and dopa decarboxylase on the melanization of Dirofilaria immitis microfilariae with Armigeres subalbatus haemolymph in vitro

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-68

  Liu, C T ^a,b   Hou, R F ^b   Ashida, M ^c   Chen, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Armigeres subalbatus; Dirofilaria immitis; Dopa decarboxylase; Inhibitor; Melanization; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; BENZAMIDINE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FILARIASIS; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDINES; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DITIOCARB; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDRAZINES; MELANINS; MICROFILARIA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0030751082     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001108     Document Type: Article

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