Demonstration of nitric oxide synthase activity in crustacean hemocytes and anti-microbial activity of hemocyte-derived nitric oxide

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Yeh, Feng Ching ^a   Wu, Su Hua ^a   Lai, Chi Yung ^a   Lee, Chi Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Crustacean; Hemocyte; Lipopolysaccharide; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646065312     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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