Metabolic Evolution in α-Amylases from Drosophila virilis and D. repleta, Two Species with Different Ecological Niches

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-412

  Prigent, Stéphane ^a   Matoub, Mustapha ^b   Rouland, Corinne ^b   Cariou, Marie Louise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biochemical characteristics; D. repleta; Drosophila virilis; Kinetic parameters; Purification; Substrate specificity; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; BARIUM; CALCIUM ION; COPPER ION; GLYCOGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; STARCH;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

DROSOPHILA REPLETA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS;

EID: 0031921463     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00367-2     Document Type: Article

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