Adipokinetic hormone enhances nodule formation and phenoloxidase activation in adult locusts injected with bacterial lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 795-803

  Goldsworthy, Graham ^a   Chandrakant, Shashi ^a   Opoku Ware, Kwaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone; Diclofenac; Eicosanoid synthesis; Immune response; Lipid A; Lipopolysaccharide; Locusta migratoria; Lom AKH I; Nodule; Phenoloxidase; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCUST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0043131983     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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