Immunohistochemical analysis of the role of hemocytin in nodule formation in the larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Arai, Ikuyo ^a   Ohta, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Asahi ^a   Tanaka, Shiho ^a   Yoshizawa, Yasutaka ^a   Sato, Ryoichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Granulocyte; Innate immunity; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

HEMOCYTIN PROTEIN, BOMBYX MORI; INSECT PROTEIN; LECTIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; BOMBYX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYMPH; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOMBYX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LECTINS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

EID: 84907285191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.12501     Document Type: Article

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