Nitric oxide is an essential component of the hemocyte-mediated mosquito immune response against bacteria

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Hillyer, Julián F ^a   Estévez Lao, Tania Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Bacteria; Hemocoel; Hemocyte; Immune system; Mosquito; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FAT BODY; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 70450223527     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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