Adipokinetic hormone and the immune responses of locusts to infection

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 106-113

  Goldsworthy, G J ^a   Opoku Ware, K ^a   Mullen, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AKH; Antimicrobial activity; Bacillus; Bacteria; E. coli; Fungi; Immune system; Locusta; Metarhizium; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LOCUST; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LOCUSTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ORTHOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 22144445267     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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