Protein requirements in larvae and adults of Scaptotrigona postica (Hymenoptera: Apidia, Meliponinae): Midgut proteolytic activity and pollen digestion

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-147

  Do Carmo Zerbo, Aparecida ^a   Lúcia, Regina ^a   Silva de Moraes, M ^a   Brochetto Braga, M Regina ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adults; Larvae; Midgut; Pollen; Proteolytic activity; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0035035967     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00324-4     Document Type: Article

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