Phospholipase A2 in hemocytes of the tob
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David R. Schleusener; David W. Stanley-Samuelson
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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O n the hypothesis that prostaglandins and other eicosanoids mediate nodulation responses to bacterial infections in insects, we describe an intracellular phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in homogenates prepared from hemocytes collected from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. PLAz hydrolyzes fatty acids fr