In vitro superoxide activity in the haemolymph of the West Indian leaf cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis

The respiratory burst is an NADPH oxidase-driven reduction of molecular oxygen to superoxide, which can occur in phagocytic cells as part of an antimicrobial defence, and is well documented among the vertebrates. This paper describes a process resembling the respiratory burst, which occurs in the ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of insect physiology 1999-07, Vol.45 (7), p.667-675
Hauptverfasser:	Whitten, Miranda M.A, Ratcliffe, Norman A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blaberidae Blaberus discoidalis Haemolymph Insect immunity Nitroblue tetrazolium Superoxide
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