Lutzomyia longipalpis: pH in the gut, digestive glycosidases, and some speculations upon Leishmania development

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 212-219

  Gontijo, Nelder F ^a   Almeida Silva, Samuel ^a   Costa, Fabrício F ^a   Mares Guia, Marcos L ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Melo, Maria N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestive glycosidases; Diptera Psychodidae; Gut pH; Leishmania metacyclogenesis; Lutzomyia longipalpis; N acetyl D glucosaminidase; N acetyl D galactosaminidase; glucosidase (or sucrose glucohydrolase 3.2.1.48); L fucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

ARACHNIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032213468     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4336     Document Type: Article

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