Salivary amylase activity of the phlebotomine sand fly, Lutzomyia longipalpis

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Ribeiro, José M C ^a   Rowton, Edgar D ^b   Charlab, Rosane ^a  

^a Sect Clin and Exp Neuropsychol   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylase; Glucosidase; Hematophagy; Saliva; Salivary glands; Sandfly; Starch; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVARY GLAND;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; LUTZOMYIA YOUNGI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034067466     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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