α-Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Flight Muscles of Triatomine Bugs Panstrongylus megistus and Triatoma sordida

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 707-709

  Soares, Rodrigo Pedro Pinto ^a   Santoro, Marcelo Matos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flight activity; Triatomines; glycerophosphate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; TRIATOMA SORDIDA;

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; FLYING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PANSTRONGYLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INSECT VECTORS; MUSCLES; PANSTRONGYLUS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0034266969     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000500016     Document Type: Article

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