Apyrase and α-glucosidase in the salivary glands of Aedes albopictus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-679

  Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a   De Brito, Marylene ^b   Moreira, Cristina Kampf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; apyrase; mosquito; saliva; salivary gland; vector; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; APYRASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

EID: 0029934620     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02035-7     Document Type: Article

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