Innate immunity in insects: Surface-associated dopa decarboxylase-dependent pathways regulate phagocytosis, nodulation and melanization in medfly haemocytes

Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 528-537

  Sideri, Maria ^a   Tsakas, Sotiris ^a   Markoutsa, Eleni ^a   Lampropoulou, Maria ^a   Marmaras, Vassilis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dopa decarboxylase; Insect innate immunity; Melanization; Nodulation; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; EUMELANIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MELANINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 39549117368     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02722.x     Document Type: Article

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