Studies on the mode of action of cholesterol oxidase on insect midgut membranes

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-442

  Shen, Zhen ^a   Corbin, David R ^a   Greenplate, John T ^a   Grebenok, Robert J ^b   Galbraith, David W ^b   Purcell, John P ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush border membrane vesicle; Cholesterol; Cholesterol oxidase; Insecticide; Midgut

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000259639     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:4<429::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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