Phenoloxidase: A key component of the insect immune system

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  González Santoyo, Isaac ^a   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Melanization; Melanogenesis; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PATHOGEN; PLEIOTROPY; RESOURCE USE; SEASONALITY; SUBSTRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 83255185003     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01187.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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