Ecdysone 20-Hydroxylation in Manduca sexta Midgut: Kinetic Parameters of Mitochondrial and Microsomal Ecdysone 20-Monooxygenases

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Weirich, Gunter F ^a,b   Williams, Virginia P ^a   Feldlaufer, Mark F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P 450; Ecdysone 20 monooxygenase; Microsomes; Mitochondria; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0001106766     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:3<305::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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