
Manduca sexta serpin-12 controls the prophenoloxidase activation system in larval hemolymph
Keywords: Insect immunity; Hemolymph protein; Serine protease cascade; Melanization; PO and proPO; phenoloxidase and its precursor; PAP; proPO-activating protease; PG; peptidoglycan; HP; hemolymph protease; CLIP; clip-domain serine protease (SP) or serine protease