Phagocytosis of latex beads and bacteria by hemocytes of the triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduvidae)

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-494

  Borges, A R ^a   Santos, P N ^a   Furtado, A F ^a   Figueiredo, R C B Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemocytes; Phagocytosis; Rhodnius prolixus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LATEXES; PATHOGENS; REACTION KINETICS;

LATEX BEADS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROHEMOCYTES; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMIPTERA; IMMUNOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMIPTERA; HEMOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPHERES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44049105918     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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