Vicilins (7S storage globulins) of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds bind to chitinous structures of the midgut of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) larvae

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Sales, M P ^a,e   Pimenta, P P ^b   Paes, N S ^c   Grossi De Sa M F ^c   Xavier Filho, J ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UFRGN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bruchid beetles; Callosobruchus maculatus; Cowpea seeds; Immunolocalization; Midgut; Vicilins (7S storage proteins); Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHITIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VICILIN PROTEIN, PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHITIN; FABACEAE; INTESTINES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS;

EID: 0035229505     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000100003     Document Type: Article

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