Site of secretion and properties of endogenous endo-β-1,4-glucanase components from Reticulitermes speratus (Kolbe), a Japanese subterranean termite

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-313

  Watanabe, Hirofumi ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a   Tokuda, Gaku ^b,c   Yamaoka, Ikuo ^b   Scrivener, Andrew M ^a   Noda, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endo l,4 Glucanase; Enzyme purification; Immunohistochemistry; K(m); Reticulitermes speratus; Salivary glands; Termite Cellulase

Indexed keywords

CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIGESTION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLULASE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; JAPAN; MICE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031127852     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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