Plasma membranes from insect midgut cells

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-269

  Terra, Walter R ^a,c   Costa, Rita H ^a,b   Ferreira, Clélia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Veterinary Medicine University Metodista of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Academia Brasileira de Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ion transport; Microvillar membranes; Midgut molecular physiology; Nutrient absorption; Perimicrovillar membranes; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33646803444     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652006000200007     Document Type: Article

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