Alkalinization by Manduca sexta anterior midgut in vitro: Requirements and characteristics

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Clark, Thomas M ^a   Koch, Alan R ^a   Moffett, David F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinization; Anterior midgut; Hormonal regulation; Ion transport; Manduca sexta; Midgut pH; pH gradient; Proton driving force

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; ION PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0031671948     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10120-4     Document Type: Article

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