Acid phosphatases in the haemolymph of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, infected with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1249-1257

  Xia, Y ^a   Dean, P ^a   Judge, A J ^a   Gillespie, J P ^a   Clarkson, J M ^a   Charnley, A K ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Fungal enzymes; Haemocytes; Insect immunity; Metarhizium anisopliae; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; LAMINARAN;

LOCUST; PHOSPHATASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOCUST; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033928770     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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