Purification and characterization of an endo-polygalacturonase from the gut of west indies sugarcane rootstalk borer weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus L.) Larvae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 861-867

  Doostdar, Hamed ^a   McCollum, T Gregory ^a   Mayer, Richard T ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Herbivory; Insect; N terminal sequence; PGIP; Plant defense; Polygalacturonase inhibiting protein

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; INSECTA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0031407950     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00285-X     Document Type: Article

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