Active transport in insect recta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 835-836

  Bradley, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTORY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; RECTUM; RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ENGLAND; GRASSHOPPERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; RECTUM; RESEARCH;

EID: 45849119102     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009589     Document Type: Short Survey

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