Dietary nutrient levels regulate protein and carbohydrate intake, gluconeogenic/glycolytic flux and blood trehalose level in the insect Manduca sexta L

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-163

  Thompson, S N ^a   Borchardt, D B ^a   Wang, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gluconeogenesis; Glycolysis; Manduca sexta; Nutritional regulation; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038805161     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0322-8     Document Type: Article

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