Cuticular hydrocarbons of triatomines

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 711-730

  Juarez M P ^a   Fernandez G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Cuticle; Hydrocarbons; Integument enzymes; Lipids; Metabolism; Triatomine

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; INTEGUMENT; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRIATOMINAE;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 34248584761     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.031     Document Type: Review

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