Preliminary characterization of hemolymph coagulation in Anopheles gambiae larvae

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 879-888

  Agianian, Bogos ^a,b   Lesch, Christine ^c   Loseva, Olga ^c   Dushay, Mitchell S ^d,e  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Coagulation; Drosophila; Insect immunity; Lipophorin; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; LIPOPHORIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEOMICS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34247114978     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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