L-Arginine enhances immunity to parasitoids in Drosophila melanogaster and increases NO production in lamellocytes

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Kraaijeveld, Alex R ^a   Elrayes, Naji P ^a   Schuppe, Hansjürgen ^a   Newland, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Immunity; Immunonutrition; Nitric oxide; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; ASOBARA TABIDA; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG PARASITOID; ENCAPSULATION; IMMUNITY; INSECT LARVA AGE; LAMELLOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASOBARA TABIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 79958000709     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 0145305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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