A missing metabolic pathway in the cattle tick Boophilus microplus

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 703-706

  Braz, Glória R C ^a   Coelho, Heloisa S L ^a   Masuda, Hatisaburo ^a   Oliveira, Pedro L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033166924     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80312-1     Document Type: Article

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