The pathway of ammonia assimilation in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 959-964

  Hirayama, Chikara ^a   Konno, Kotaro ^a   Shinbo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bombyx mori; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Methionine sulfoximine

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0031259887     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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