Plasmodium yoelii: Correlation of up-regulated prophenoloxidase and phenoloxidases with melanization induced by the antimalarial, nitroquine

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Huang, Fu Sheng ^a   Xu, Wen Yue ^a   Song, Peng ^a   Duan, Jian Hua ^a   Yang, Song ^a   Qiu, Zong Wen ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Melanotic encapsulation; Nitroquine; Phenoloxidases; Plasmodium yoelii; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINO 6 (3,4 DICHLOROBENZYLNITROSAMINO)QUINAZOLINE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNITY; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MELANINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLASMODIUM YOELII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINAZOLINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UP-REGULATION;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 38649131318     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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