Evidence for serine protease inhibitor activity in the ovarian calyx fluid of the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1275-1283

  Beck, Markus ^a   Theopold, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Insect immunity; Parasitoid host interactions; Protease inhibitors; Serine proteases; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; WASP;

EID: 0033912133     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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