Insect fat body: Energy, metabolism, and regulation

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2010, Pages 207-225

  Arrese, Estela L ^a   Soulages, Jose L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone; Glycogen; Lipase; Lipid; Lipolysis; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECT HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT BODY; INSECT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT BODY; INSECT HORMONES; INSECTS; LIPID METABOLISM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 76849098343     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085356     Document Type: Review

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