Induced immunity in Antheraea assama Ww larvae against flacherie causing Pseudomonas aeruginosa AC-3

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Choudhury, Arundhati ^a   Guha, Arijit ^a   Yadav, Archana ^a   Kumari, Jyotsna ^a   Unni, Bala G ^a   Roy, Monoj K ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Antheraea assama; Flacherie; Haemolymph proteins; Immunity; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILKWORM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; EATING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANTHERAEA; ANTHERAEA ASSAMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 2542450030     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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