Beetles' choice - Proline for energy output: Control by AKHs

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-129

  Gäde, Gerd ^a   Auerswald, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone family; Beetles; Dung beetles; Flight fuels; Flight metabolism; Flightless beetles; Hyperprolinaemia; Proline oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; ALANINE; CARBOHYDRATE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BEETLE; BODY FAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY COST; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FLIGHT; FLIGHT MUSCLE; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PACHNODA SINUATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; WALKING;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PACHNODA;

EID: 0036238514     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00541-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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