Existence of Prophenoloxidase in Wing Discs: A Source of Plasma Prophenoloxidase in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Yupu Diao; Anrui Lu; Bing Yang; Wenli Hu; Qing Peng; Qing-Zhi Ling; Brenda T. Beerntsen; Kenneth Söderhäll; Erjun Ling

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041416

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Existence of Prophenoloxidase in Wing Discs: A Source of Plasma Prophenoloxidase in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Yupu Diao,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Anrui Lu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Bing Yang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Wenli Hu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Qing Peng,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Qing-Zhi Ling,

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical College, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China
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Brenda T. Beerntsen,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Kenneth Söderhäll,

Affiliation Department of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Erjun Ling

* E-mail: erjunling@sippe.ac.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Existence of Prophenoloxidase in Wing Discs: A Source of Plasma Prophenoloxidase in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Yupu Diao,
Anrui Lu,
Bing Yang,
Wenli Hu,
Qing Peng,
Qing-Zhi Ling,
Brenda T. Beerntsen,
Kenneth Söderhäll,
Erjun Ling

Published: July 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041416

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