Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function
- W. Terra, C. Ferreira
- Biology
- 1 September 1994
4.5 – Biochemistry of Digestion
- W. Terra, C. Ferreira
- Biology
- 2005
The origin and functions of the insect peritrophic membrane and peritrophic gel.
- W. Terra
- BiologyArchives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
- 1 June 2001
Since PM compartmentalizes the midgut, new physiological roles were added to those of the ancestral mucus (protection against abrasion and microorganism invasion) and these new roles are reviewed in the light of data on PM permeability and on enzyme compartmentalization, fluid fluxes, and ultrastructure of the midGut.
Evolution of Digestive Systems of Insects
- W. Terra
- Biology
- 1990
L'organisation spatiale de l'appareil digestif est examinee chez les principaux ordres d'insectes et l'evolution et les caracteristiques adaptatives de l’appareils digestif sont examinees pour les ordres principaux d'Insectes.
Compartmentalization of digestion
- W. Terra, C. Ferreira, J. Baker
- Biology
- 1996
Evidence for this spatial arrangement of digestion in the midgut is reviewed and the importance of an evolutionary or phylogenetic approach to an understanding of the many convergent and divergent morphological and biochemical features responsible for digestion in insects is stressed.
Distribution of digestive enzymes among the endo- and ectoperitrophic spaces and midgut cells of Rhynchosciara and its physiological significance
- W. Terra, C. Ferreira, A. G. Bianchi
- Biology
- 1979
Physiology and biochemistry of insect digestion: an evolutionary perspective.
- W. Terra
- BiologyBrazilian journal of medical and biological…
- 1988
This review primarily considers those papers which provide a full description of the steps by which the ingested food is hydrolyzed in the different regions of the insect gut. It is organized on the…
Midgut adaptation and digestive enzyme distribution in a phloem feeding insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.
- P. T. Cristofoletti, A. Ribeiro, C. Deraison, Y. Rahbé, W. Terra
- BiologyJournal of insect physiology
- 2003
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