Reduced activity of juvenile hormone esterase in microsporidia-infected Lymantria dispar larvae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-128

  Karlhofer, Julia ^a   Schafellner, Christa ^a   Hoch, Gernot ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fat body; Host pathogen interaction; Juvenile hormone esterase; Larval development; Vairimorpha disparis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; JUVENILE HORMONE ESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; VAIRIMORPHA;

EID: 84859771780     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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