Potential Influence of Midgut pH and Redox Potential on Protein Utilization in Insect Herbivores

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-105

  Johnson, Kelly S ^a,b   Felton, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion; Gut physicochemistry; Herbivores; pH; Proteases; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002150411     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)32:1<85::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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