Metabolic studies on the locust rectum
The in vitro, short-circuited locust rectum actively transports chloride. This electrogenic transport is energized by aerobic metabolism, based primarily upon proline oxidation. Isolated rectal mito-chondrialoxidize a variety of substrates, but the highest state 3 rate of 0₂ consumption occurs when...
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23462 |