Living on a high sugar diet: The fate of sucrose ingested by a phloem- feeding insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-341

  Ashford, D A ^a   Smith, W A ^a   Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphid; Osmoregulation; Sucrase; Sucrose; Transglucosidase

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDASE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHID; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OSMOREGULATION; PLANT;

EID: 0034007709     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00186-9     Document Type: Article

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