Is the surface of endoparasitic wasp eggs and larvae covered by a limited coagulation reaction?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 501-506

  Kinuthia, Wanja ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^a   Theopold, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Insect immunity; Lipophorin; Parasitoid wasp

Indexed keywords

LIPOPHORIN; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; DROSOPHILA; HOST RESISTANCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0032909027     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00164-4     Document Type: Article

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