Calcofluor disrupts the midgut defense system in insects

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-143

  Wang, Ping ^a   Granados, Robert R ^a  

^a Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus infection; Calcofluor; Chitin binding proteins; Insect midgut; Peritrophic membrane

Indexed keywords

BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BINDING PROTEIN; C.I. FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENT 28; CHITIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; MUCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; CHITIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUCINS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033975247     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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