Hemocyte-mediated phagocytosis and melanization in the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus following immune challenge by bacteria

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-127

  Hillyer, Julián F ^a   Schmidt, Shelley L ^a   Christensen, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Armigeres subalbatus (Insecta); Hemocyte; Mosquito; Phagocytosis; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT CELL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROVOCATION TEST; THROMBOCYTE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CELL ADHESION; CULICIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOGEN; GRANULOCYTES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOCYTES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MELANINS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSPHERES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LECTINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

ARACHNIDA; ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; HELIX POMATIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043162178     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0744-y     Document Type: Article

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