Amino acid concentration and distribution of lysozyme and protease activities in the guts of higher termites

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-78

  Fujita, Ai ^a   Abe, Takuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Lysozyme; Protease; Termite

Indexed keywords

TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES ANNANDALEI; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; ODONTOTERMES; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; TERMES; TERMES COMIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036209042     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2001.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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