Lipophorin: A carrier for lipids in insects participates in superoxide production in the haemolymph plasma

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Arakawa, Toru ^a   Kato, Yusuke ^a   Hattori, Makoto ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Haemolymph; Lepidoptera; Lipophorin; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPHORIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEMOLYMPH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SILKWORM;

EID: 0030115353     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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