Identification and immuno-electron microscopy localization of p40, a protein component of immunosuppressive virus-like particles from Leptopilina heterotoma, a virulent parasitoid wasp of Drosophila

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 461-470

  Chiu, Hsiling ^a   Morales, Jorge ^a   Govind, Shubha ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P40; PROTEIN P47; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOLYSIS; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT CELL; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAINING; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DROSOPHILA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; WASPS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; LEPTOPILINA VICTORIAE; METAZOA;

EID: 31644450518     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81474-0     Document Type: Article

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