Bacterial formyl peptides affect the innate cellular antimicrobial responses of larval Galleria mellonella (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-289

  Alavo, Thiery B C ^a   Dunphy, Gary B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Formyl peptides; Hemocytes; Xenorhabdus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CELLS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

NON-SELF CELLULAR (HEMOCYTE) RESPONSES; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTOXYCARBONYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PEPTIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD CELL; GRANULAR CELL; HEMOLYMPH; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; PEPTIDES; XENORHABDUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 3142521541     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-014     Document Type: Article

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