Trypsin secretion in Musca domestica larval midguts: A biochemical and immunocytochemical study

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-346

  Jordão, Beatriz P ^a   Terra, Walter R ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   Lehane, M J ^b   Ferreira, Clélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Membrane bound trypsin; Trypsin anchor; Trypsin immunolocalization

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EMBRYO; ENZYME RELEASE; EXOCYTOSIS; HOUSE FLY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; STOMACH SECRETION;

EID: 0030114707     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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