The sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis shows specific humoral responses to bacterial challenge

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-328

  Nimmo, Derric D ^a   Ham, Peter J ^a   Ward, Richard D ^a   Maingon, Rhaiza ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Escherichia coli; Haemolymph; Humoral response; Immune peptides; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Micrococcus luteus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031254976     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00417.x     Document Type: Article

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