Physiology of immunity in the water flea Daphnia magna: Environmental and genetic aspects of phenoloxidase activity

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 836-842

  Mucklow, Patrick T ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLEA; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAPHNIA; EATING; EUROPE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DAPHNIA; EATING; EUROPE; FEMALE; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 2142835889     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378917     Document Type: Article

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