title: Assay for phenoloxidase activity in Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis.
abstract: Phenoloxidase activity in Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis, and Ixodes scapularis was assayed. No phenoloxidase activity was detected compared to high activity through time in larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella). We conclude that activated prophenoloxidase does not act as an opsonin in ixodid ticks tested to date.
authors.affiliation: Center for Vector-Borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhioua
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: LeBrun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000201:enzymology*; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000201:enzymology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000201:enzymology*; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D009036:Moths / Q000201:enzymology; D013987:Ticks / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase