Substrate specificity of the brush border K+-leucine symport of Bombyx mori larval midgut

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-252

  Parenti, Paolo ^a   Forcella, Matilde ^a   Pugliese, Anna ^a   Casartelli, Morena ^b   Giordana, Barbara ^b   Giovanna Leonardi, M ^b   Hanozet, Giorgio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline pH; Kinetics; Lepidopteran midgut; Leucine transport; Silkworm (Bombyx mori); Transport inhibition

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID; AMINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINOALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; LEUCINE; NEUTRAL & BASIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LARVA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PH; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN BINDING; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; LEUCINE; MICROVILLI; POTASSIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034097409     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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