Patterns of N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase isoenzymes in the epidermis and hepatopancreas and induction of N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase activity by 20- hydroxyecdysone in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-349

  Zou, Enmin ^a   Fingerman, Milton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Fiddler crab; Molting hormone; N Acetyl glucosaminidase; Uca pugilator

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; ISOENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EPIDERMIS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECDYSTERONE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPIDERMIS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; ISOENZYMES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032732455     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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