Hydrolase (β-glucanase, α-glucanase, and protease) activity in Ariolimax columbianus (banana slug) and Arion ater (garden slug)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-283

  James, R ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Arthur, W ^a   Levine, K ^a   Williams, D C ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylases; Ariolimax; Arion; Carbohydrases; Cellulases; Digestive enzymes; Glucanases; Hydrolase; Proteases; Slugs

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CELLULASE; CHITINASE; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STABILITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GASTROPOD; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARIOLIMAX; ARIOLIMAX COLUMBIANUS; ARION; ARION ATER; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031452207     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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