Aminopeptidase-like activity in hemolymph plasma from larvae of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Masler, Edward P ^a,c   Kovaleva, Elena S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminopeptidase; column chromatography; gel electrophoresis; hemolymph; insect development; Lymantria dispar; plasma; protease inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0030932314     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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