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Amino Acids in Insects1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jacques L. Auclair
Affiliation:
Institut de Biologie générale et de Zoologie, Université de Montréal

Extract

The object of this paper is to summarize some of the latest research work that has been done concerning the amino acids in insects and especially the research work in which I have collaborated.

The Amino Acid Molecule

An amino acid is an organic compound which contains a grouping with gcidic properties. Such a grouping in organic compounds is the carboxyl group.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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