Leucine transport in brush border membrane vesicles from freshwater insect larvae

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 110-122

  Forcella, Matilde ^a   Berra, Elisa ^a   Giacchini, Roberto ^a   Parenti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brush border membranes; Freshwater insects; Kinetics; Leucine transport

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LEUCINE; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; INSECT; KINETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECTS; KINETICS; LARVA; LEUCINE; MICROVILLI; SODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

DIPTERA; EPHEMERA DANICA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYBOMITRA BIMACULATA; HYDROPSYCHE PELLUCIDULA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPERLA GRAMMATICA; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TABANIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33751297080     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20147     Document Type: Article

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