Chitin is a necessary component to maintain the barrier function of the peritrophic matrix in the insect midgut

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-28

  Kelkenberg, Marco ^a   Odman Naresh, Jothini ^a   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^b   Merzendorfer, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chitin; Diflubenzuron; Peritrophic matrix; Permeability; Red flour beetle; RNA interference; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE 2; DIFLUBENZURON;

AEDES; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; FAT BODY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLTING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIFLUBENZURON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FAT BODY; LARVA; MOLTING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84912073454     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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