The biosynthesis of trehalose in the locust fat body

D. J. Candy, B. A. Kilby

Biochemical Journal · 1961 · 258 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The haemolymph of a number of insects has been shown to contain the non-reducing disaccharide trehalose as the principal carbohydrate (Wyatt & Kalf, 1956, 1957). This is so in the desert locust, Yeast cells are also able to convert glucose into trehalose, and

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