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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"American cockroach"”.

  1. Studies on parathion activation enzymes in the American cockroach

    Nakatsugawa, Tsutomu1964

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  2. The Giant Interneurons of The American Cockroach: Morphology and Physiology During Walking

    Daley, Darryl LeeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

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  3. Action of Nicotine of Neural Transmission in the American Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana (L.))

    Flattum, Roger FranklinUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

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  4. The metabolism of adenosine nucleotides in thoracic muscle mitochondria from the American cockroach

    Mills, Richard RandolphVirginia Polytechnic Institute1964

    … from the thoracic muscle mitochondria of the American cockroach. Myokinase was purified over 100-fold by heat and acid treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation and column chromatography on G-75 sephadex. Some properties of the enzyme were determined. These include: a pH optimum of 5.8, an …

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  5. Development of the Cervical and Thoracic Musculature in the American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana (Linnaeus) (Dictyoptera: Blattidae)

    Storch, Richard HarryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

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  6. Catabolic substrate utilization patterns: varying humidity and dietary regimens in the American cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattidae)

    Sherertz, Peter ChamnessVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University1986

    … regimens were examined in the adult, male American cockroach. A series of respirometric experiments were conducted to monitor changes in respiratory quotient (RQ), oxygen quotient (QO₂), food and water consumption and body weight. Also, a series of radiolabel experiments, utilizing injected …

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  7. The relationships between temperature acclimation, neural lipid saturation, and the toxicity of allethrin to the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

    Baldus, Tom1987

    <p>Studies have shown that the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, undergoes physiological and biochemical changes in response to temperature treatments. One objective of the research described in this dissertation was to determine if the temperature regime before or after treatment affects …

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  8. Electrical and Chemical Events Associated With the Action of Insecticideson the Central Nervous System of the American Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana (L.))

    Brown, Brian EllmanUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

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  9. A biochemical investigation into aspects of the neuro active amino acid receptor complexes in the insect nervous system

    Baines, PeterCity of London Polytechnic1986

    … in the central nervous system (CNS) of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. The aim was to provide a simple, quick and cost effective method of screening new chemical entities as potential insecticides acting on these systems, and to provide structure activity information once a …

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  10. Population biology and ecology and of Periplaneta americana (L.) in the urban environment

    Bao, NonggangVirginia Tech1997

    The American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.), is an important urban pest due to its ability to invade residential and commercial structures from non-residential reservoirs. Extensive field studies were conducted in a large urban apartment complex, Lincoln Terrace (LT), managed by the Roanoke …

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  11. The Origins of Terpene Infochemicals in Insects: Identification and Evolutionary Analysis of Terpene Synthases in Diverse Lineages

    Rebholz, Zarley AlexanderVirginia Tech2024

    … Lastly, I identified putative TPS enzymes in the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and conducted an investigation into their catalytic activity. I found first evidence for TPS enzymatic activity in Blattodea as the most anciently diverging order of terpene-emitting insects and made …

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  12. Material Characterization of Insect Tracheal Tubes

    Webster, Matthew R.Virginia Tech2015

    … of the primary thoracic tracheal tubes of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). We performed quasi-static uniaxial tests on the tissue which revealed a nonlinear stress-strain response even under small deformations. A detailed analysis of the tissue's microstructural arrangement using …

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  13. DPN-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase from fly thoracic muscle mitochondria

    Gu, DeyeVirginia Polytechnic Institute1968

    … muscle mitochondria from the face fly and the American cockroach. The DPN-linked enzyme from these two insects is closely related on the basis of chromatographic pattern. DPN-linked IDH has been isolated from face fly thoracic muscle mitochondria and purified 50-fold from the initial …

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