Nitrogen recycling in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: Involvement of yeast-like endosymbionts in uric acid metabolism

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Sasaki, T ^a   Kawamura, M ^a   Ishikawa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; NILAPARVATA LUGENS;

EID: 0030060882     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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