Midgut adaptation and digestive enzyme distribution in a phloem feeding insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-24

  Cristofoletti, Plinio T ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   Deraison, Celine ^b   Rahbé, Yvan ^c   Terra, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UA INRA 203   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Cysteine proteinase; Midgut function; Midgut ultrastructure; Perimicrovillar membranes; Transglycosylation; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0242684461     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(02)00222-6     Document Type: Article

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