Effects of organic acids on lipid synthesis and ecdysis in Triatoma infestans eggs

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 503-510

  Juárez, M Patricia ^a   Napolitano, Roxana ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fatty acid synthetase; Hatch; Inhibition; Insect eggs; Lipid biosynthesis; Medium chain fatty acids; Microsome; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; HATCHING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MICROSOME; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 0034058390     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(00)00155-3     Document Type: Article

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