Uric acid recycling in the shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Parastrachiidae), during diapause

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 816-825

  Kashima, Takayuki ^a   Nakamura, Tomoyasu ^a   Tojo, Sumio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diapause; Symbiont; Uric acid recycling; Uricase; Uricolytic enzyme

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; DIAPAUSE; ENZYME; FEEDING; FRUIT; INSECT; NITROGEN COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CECUM; FECES; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MALE; NITROGEN; NYMPH; SYMBIOSIS; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; EURYDEMA GEBLERI; HEMIPTERA; PARASTRACHIA JAPONENSIS;

EID: 33746319896     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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