endoperitrophic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From endo- + peritrophic.
Adjective
[edit]endoperitrophic (not comparable)
- Within the peritrophic membrane
- 2016 January 26, “Comprehensive Immunolocalization Studies of a Putative Serotonin Receptor from the Alimentary Canal of Aedes aegypti Larvae Suggest Its Diverse Roles in Digestion and Homeostasis”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- While larger molecules such as peptides and polymers are broken down in the endoperitrophic space (within the peritrophic membrane), smaller ones (dimers, oligomers) are processed in the ectoperitrophic space (between the peritrophic membrane and the epithelial surface) [38 ].