Effects of developmental age, ambient temperature, and dietary alterations on Δ12 desaturase activity in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 112-119

  Batcabe, John P ^a   Howell, Jeffery D ^a   Blomquist, Gary J ^a   Borgeson, Charlotte E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Linoleic acid; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; 12 desaturase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GRYLLIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034222035     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6327(200007)44:3<112::AID-ARCH2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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