Ultrastructural analysis of midgut cells from Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae resistant to Bacillus sphaericus

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1342-1350

  de Melo, Janaina Viana ^a   Vasconcelos, Romero Henrique Teixeira ^a   Furtado, André Freire ^a   Peixoto, Christina Alves ^a   Silva Filha, Maria Helena Neves Lobo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Binary toxin; Cqm1; Lipid inclusions; Receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

APICAL MEMBRANES; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BINARY TOXIN; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CQM1; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHOR; LETHAL CONCENTRATIONS; LIPID INCLUSIONS; MICROVILLI; MITOCHONDRIAL SWELLING; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE; RECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY; VACUOLIZATION;

CELLS;

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINB PROTEIN, BACILLUS SPHAERICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; STOMACH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; STOMACH;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 52049083250     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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