Biological mediators of insect immunity

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue , 1997, Pages 611-643

  Gillespie, Jeremy P ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^a   Trenczek, Tina ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibacterial response; antifungal response; hemocyte; hemolymph; monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INSECTS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIAL PATHOGEN; DISEASE IMMUNITY; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; INSECT;

EID: 0031004410     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.42.1.611     Document Type: Article

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