Leucine transport in membrane vesicles from Chironomus riparius larvae displays a Ḿlange of Crown-group features

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 51-62

  Parenti, Paolo ^a,b   Forcella, Matilde ^a   Pugliese, Anna ^a   Giacchini, Roberto ^a   Rossaro, Bruno ^c   Hanozet, Giorgio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Dipto Sci dell'Ambiente Territorio   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Chironomus riparius; Membrane vesicles; Midge larvae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIRONOMIDAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LARVA; LEUCINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0035490990     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1057     Document Type: Article

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