Characterization of larval haemocytes from the velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-139

  Braga Da Silveira, E ^a,b   Morais Ribeiro, B ^b   Bao S N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticarsia gemmatalis; Haemocytes; Haemolymph; Lipid; Morphology; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OSMIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID VESICLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PLASMA CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE GH-1;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 2142767002     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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