Midgut pH profile and protein digestion in the larvae of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1151-1159

  Fazito do Vale, Vladimir ^a   Pereira, Marcos Horácio ^a   Gontijo, Nelder Figueiredo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidases; Chymotrypsin; Digestion; Gut anatomy; Larvae; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Midgut pH; Proteases; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID; ANATOMY; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; FLY; LARVA; MEMBRANE; PH; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPSIN;

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 36649007468     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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