Disruption of haemocyte function by exposure to cytochalasin b or nocodazole increases the susceptibility of Galleria mellonella larvae to infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 1191-1198

  Banville, Nessa ^a   Fallon, John ^a   McLoughlin, Kirstin ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cytochalasin b; Galleria; Haemocyte; Mini host; Neutrophil; Nocodazole

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPHORIN 3; CYTOCHALASIN B; F ACTIN; LIPOPHORIN; NOCODAZOLE; PHALLOIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RHODAMINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL TYPE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECT; LARVA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHALASIN B; HEMOCYTES; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTHS; NEUTROPHILS; NOCODAZOLE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SERINE PROTEASES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 81155131057     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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