Bacterial challenge and eicosanoids act in plasmatocyte spreading

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Kwon, Hyeog Sun ^a   Stanley, David W ^b   Miller, Jon S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial infection; Escherichia coli; Hemocyte spreading; Lepidoptera; Manduca sexta; Micrococcus luteus; Serratia marcescens; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 34547963561     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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