Arrest of oogenesis in the bug Rhodnius prolixus challenged with the fungus Aspergillus niger is mediated by immune response-derived PGE2

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Medeiros, Marcelo Neves de ^a   Belmonte, Rodrigo ^a   Soares, Bruno César C ^a   Medeiros, Luciano Neves de ^a   Canetti, Cláudio ^a   Freire de Lima, Celio G ^a   Maya Monteiro, Clarissa Menezes ^b   Bozza, Patrícia Torres ^b   Almeida, Igor C ^c   Masuda, Hatisaburo ^a   Kurtenbach, Eleonora ^a   Machado, Ednildo A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Insect immunity; Oogenesis; Prostaglandin E2; Rhodnius prolixus

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INSECT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 58149476566     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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