Phlebotomus papatasi and Leishmania major parasites express α-amylase and α-glucosidase

Acta Tropica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-49

  Jacobson, Raymond L ^a   Schlein, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

amylase; glucosidase; Leishmania; Phlebotomus papatasi; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; STARCH;

ENZYME; FEEDING; FLY; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOMOGENATE; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PLANT; PROMASTIGOTE; SALIVARY GLAND;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SALIVARY GLANDS; STARCH;

EID: 0035863318     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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