Digestive morphophysiology of Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1125-1133

  Biagio, Fernanda P ^a   Tamaki, Fabio K ^a   Terra, Walter R ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzyme compartmentalization; Enzyme recycling; Midgut fluxes; Midgut ultrastructure; Secretory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

CRICKET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DYE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSHOPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STARVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GRYLLIDAE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRYLLIDAE; INSECT PROTEINS;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 70349866332     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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