Peroxidase activity in Malpighian tubules of Triatoma infestans Klug

Cytobios

Volumn 1998, Issue 373, 1998, Pages 83-92

  De Azeredo Oliveira, M T V ^a   Da Silveira Mello, M L ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DAB oxidation; Laminated concretions; Malpighian tubules; Peroxidases; Peroxisomes; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; COLORING AGENT; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYMOLOGY; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; TRIATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; PEROXIDASE; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0031615808     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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