Lepidopteran peritrophic membranes and effects of dietary wheat germ agglutinin on their formation and structure

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-109

  Hopkins, Theodore L ^a   Harper, Marc S ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; European corn borer; Lectins; Manduca sexta; Microscopy; Midgut; Ostrinia nubilalis; Peritrophic membrane; Tobacco hornworm; Wheat germ agglutinin

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MANDUCA; MOTHS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0035378501     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1040     Document Type: Article

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