Lipid melting and cuticular permeability: New insights into an old problem

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-400

  Gibbs, Allen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical temperature; Cuticular lipid; FTIR; Hydrocarbon; Phase separation; Phase transition; Pheromone; Water balance

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

LIPID;

BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID BALANCE; INSECT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MELTING POINT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER LOSS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036268786     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00059-8     Document Type: Review

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