Honeybee flight muscle phosphoglucose isomerase: Matching enzyme capacities to flux requirements at a near-equilibrium reaction

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1247-1254

  Staples, James F ^a   Suarez, Raul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; honeybee; insect; muscle metabolism; near equilibrium; phosphoglucose isomerase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030926944     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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