Alberto F. Ribeiro

Midgut adaptation and digestive enzyme distribution in a phloem feeding insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Plı́nio T. Cristofoletti, Alberto F. Ribeiro, Céline Deraison et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 2003 · 236 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Sciences +16

Apocrine secretion of amylase and exocytosis of trypsin along the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae

Plı́nio T. Cristofoletti, Alberto F. Ribeiro, Walter R. Terra · Journal of Insect Physiology · 2001 · 137 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Physiology +10

Occurrence of midgut perimicrovillar membranes in paraneopteran insect orders with comments on their function and evolutionary significance

Carlos P. Silva, José Roberto da Silva, Fábio F Vasconcelos et al. · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2004 · 112 citations

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +16

The peritrophic membrane of <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>: Secretion of peritrophins and role in immobilization and recycling digestive enzymes

Renata Bolognesi, Alberto F. Ribeiro, Walter R. Terra et al. · Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology · 2001 · 99 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Entomology +12

The cathepsin L-like proteinases from the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae: Sequence, properties, immunocytochemical localization and function

Plı́nio T. Cristofoletti, Alberto F. Ribeiro, Walter R. Terra · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2005 · 97 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Entomology +12