Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) vicilins associate with putative chitinous structures in the midgut and feces of the bruchid beetles Callosobruchus maculatus and Zabrotes subfasciatus

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 749-756

  Firmino, F ^a   Fernandes, K V S ^a   Sales, M P ^a   Gomes, V M ^a   Miranda, M R A ^a   Domingues, S J S ^a   Xavier Filho, J ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callosobruchus maculatus; Chitin binding proteins; Cowpea seeds; Peritrophic membrane; Resistance to bruchids; Vicilins (75 storage proteins); Vigna unguiculata; Zabrotes subfasciatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002298457     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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