Ammonia metabolism in Aedes aegypti

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-503

  Scaraffia, Patricia Y ^a   Isoe, Jun ^a   Murillo, Adrian ^a   Wells, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Enzymes; Gene expression; Inhibitors; Metabolism; Pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944401407     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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