Effects of retinoids and juvenoids on moult and on phenoloxidase activity in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus

Acta Tropica

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-230

  Nakamura, Angelica ^a   Stiebler, Renata ^a   Fantappié, Marcelo R ^a   Fialho, Eliane ^a   Masuda, Hatisaburo ^a   Oliveira, Marcus F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone; Moult; Phenoloxidase; Retinoids; Rhodnius prolixus

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; METHOPRENE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; MOLT; MORPHOLOGY; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SUCKING;

ATRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 34548152337     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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