Characterization and partial purification of gut proteinases of Spodoptera exigua hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Jongsma, Maarten A ^a   Peters, Jeroen ^a   Stiekema, Willem J ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beet army worm; Cysteine proteinase; E 64; Lepidoptera; Serine proteinase; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057503     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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