The Immune Response of Hemocytes of the Insect Oncopeltus fasciatus against the Flagellate Phytomonas serpens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Alves e Silva, Thiago L ^a   Vasconcellos, Luiz R C ^a   Lopes, Angela H ^a   Souto Padrón, Thaïs ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL FUSION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FLAGELLATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITOSIS; PHYTOMONAS SERPENS; SALIVARY GLAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; TOMATO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 84883186723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072076     Document Type: Article

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