Detection of Phenoloxidase Activity in the Hemolymph of Tsetse Flies, Refractory and Susceptible to Infection withTrypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-281

  Nigam, Y ^a   Maudlin, I ^b   Welburn, S ^b   Ratcliffe, N A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glossina morsitans morsitans; Glossina palpalis palpalis; Prophenoloxidase; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0031134039     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4652     Document Type: Article

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