Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 830-839

  Laughton, Alice M ^a   Garcia, Justine R ^a   Altincicek, Boran ^a,c   Strand, Michael R ^b   Gerardo, Nicole M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid; Cellular immune response; Encapsulation; Haemocyte; Phagocytosis; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APHID; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; GENTRIFICATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; SYMBIONT;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GRANULOCYTE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULOCYTES; HEMOCYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79957918531     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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