Ultrastructural localization and antibacterial activity of phenoloxidase in amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 705-706

  Li, Guorong ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^b   Li, Hongyan ^b  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034815113     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315401004441     Document Type: Article

References (10)

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2. Tyrosinase-type prophenoloxidase distribution in the alimentary canal of strains of Anopheles gambiae refractory and susceptible to Plasmodium infection
3. Phenoloxidase activity in the haemolymph and haemocytes of the marine mussel Mytilus edulis
4. Ascidian phenoloxidase: Its release from hemocytes, isolation, characterization and physiological roles
5. Phenoloxidase, a marker enzyme for differentiation of the neural ectoderm and the epidermal ectoderm during embryonic development of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtaunese
6. The distribution of phenoloxidases and polyphenols during cuticle formation
7. Ultrastructural localization of phenoloxidase in the midgut of refractory Anopheles gambiae and association of the enzyme with encapsulated Plasmodium cynomolgi
8. The prophenoloxidase activating system in invertebrates
9. Role of the insect cuticle in host defense reactions
10. Presence of phenoloxidase and prophenoloxidase in the epidermal cells and the epidermis mucus of the lancelet Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense