Amino acid transport in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2000, Pages 111-120

  Wolfersberger, Michael G ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotransport; Potassium; Sodium; Symport; Uniport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIFFUSION; INSECT CELL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BEETLES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INSECTS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034070706     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.111     Document Type: Article

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