A digestive β-glucosidase from the salivary glands of the termite, Neotermes koshunensis (Shiraki): Distribution, characterization and isolation of its precursor cDNA by 5′- and 3′-RACE amplifications with degenerate primers

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1681-1689

  Tokuda, Gaku ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^b   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Neotermes koshunensis; Salivary glands; Termite

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOTERMES; NEOTERMES KOSHUNENSIS;

EID: 0036891077     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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