Digestive proteinase activity in corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) after molting and in response to lowered redox potential

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 151-161

  Johnson, Kelly S ^a   Felton, Gary W ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental change; Digestion; Midgut pH; Proteinases; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

HELICOVERPA ZEA; INSECTA; ZEA MAYS;

AZOCASEIN; CASEIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; PROTEINASE; REDUCING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTH; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 0034243209     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6327(200008)44:4<151::AID-ARCH2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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