The role of trehalose in the physiology of nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-229

  Behm, Carolyn A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anhydrobiosis; Ascaris; carbohydrate metabolism; cryoprotection; egg hatching; nematode; trehalase; trehalo se; trehalose; trehalose 6 phosphate phosphatase; trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

ASCARIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DESICCATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HYDROGEN BONDING; MALE; NEMATODA; TREHALOSE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031080082     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00151-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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