Nature of the anchors of membrane-bound aminopeptidase, amylase, and trypsin and secretory mechanisms in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptora) midgut cells

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-37

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; Microapocrine secretion; Peritrophic membrane; Trypsin immunolocalization

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMYLASE; ANTISERUM; DETERGENT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PAPAIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; SOLUBILIZATION;

SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0032938567     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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