Simulium damnosum s.l.: Isolation and identification of prophenoloxidase following an infection with Onchocerca spp. using targeted differential display

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Hagen, Hans E ^a   Kläger, Sabine L ^a   McKerrow, Jim H ^b   Ham, Peter J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential display; Insect immunity; Onchocerca dukei; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerciasis; Prophenoloxidase (proPO); Simulium damnosum s.l.

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA DUKEI; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0031194184     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4165     Document Type: Article

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