The impact of aposymbiosis on amino acid metabolism of pea aphids

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 279-282

  Wilkinson, T L ^a   Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Buchnera; essential amino acids; symbiosis; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029758075     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00935.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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