Injection of essential amino acids substitutes for bacterial supply in aposymbiotic pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Wilkinson, T L ^a,b   Ishikawa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Amino acid metabolism; Aphid; Aposymbiosis; Essential amino acids; Phenylalanine; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHID; BACTERIUM; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BUCHNERA; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0034063254     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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