Dual cellulose-digesting system of the wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 777-784

  Nakashima, K ^a   Watanabe, H ^b   Saitoh, H ^b   Tokuda, G ^c   Azuma, J I ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Coptotermes formosanus; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Protozoa; Symbiosis; Termites

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036015620     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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