Brush Border Membrane and Amino Acid Transport

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Neal, Jonathan J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary protein; Leucine aminopeptidase; Manduca sexta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343171170     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)32:1<55::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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