Ultrastructure and secretory activity of Abracris flavolineata (Orthoptera: Acrididae) midguts

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 465-473

  Marana, Sandro R ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   Terra, Walter R ^a   Ferreira, Clélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Amylase; Columnar cells; Exocytosis; Maltase; Midgut caeca; Secretory vesicles; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030844462     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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