Drosophila melanogaster prophenoloxidases respond inconsistently to Cu2+ and have different activity in vitro

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 619-628

  Liu, Fei ^a   Chen, Yang ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Wang, Jingfang ^b   Peng, Qin ^a   Shao, Qimiao ^a   Li, Xuan ^a   Beerntsen, Brenda T ^c   Xu, Yechun ^d   Li, Jianyong ^e   Yu, Xiao Qiang ^f   Ling, Erjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Drosophila melanogaster; Expression; Prophenoloxidases

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COPPER; DOPAMINE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855847314     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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