Absorption of mulberry root urease to the hemolymph of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1055-1061

  Kurahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Atiwetin, Panida ^a   Nagaoka, Sumiharu ^a   Miyata, Seiji ^a   Kitajima, Sakihito ^a   Sugimura, Yukio ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Immunoelectron microscopy; Microvillus; Midgut; Mulberry; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

DIET;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; METABOLISM; MULBERRY; PLANT ROOT; SILKWORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; MORUS; PLANT ROOTS; UREASE;

BOMBYX MORI; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; INSECTA; MORUS (PLANT); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII;

EID: 26044441311     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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