In situ measurements of metabolite fluxes: Microinjection of radiotracers into insect guts and other small compartments

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 397, Issue , 2005, Pages 200-212

  Brune, Andreas ^a   Pester, Michael ^a  

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TRACER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DILUTION; ECOLOGY; INSECT; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 27644508827     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)97011-0     Document Type: Review

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