Cytoskeleton removal and characterization of the microvillar membranes isolated from two midgut regions of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 8-9, 1997, Pages 793-801

  Capella, Adriana N ^a   Terra, Walter R ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   Ferreira, Clélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Insect microvilli; Lipids; Microvillar carbohydrates; Midgut brush border; Proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

EID: 0031200936     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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