Partial purification and characterization of midgut leucyl aminopeptidase of Morimus funereus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-241

  Božić, Nataša ^a   Vujčić, Zoran ^a   Nenadović, Vera ^b   Ivanović, Jelisaveta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cerambycid beetle; Leucyl aminopeptidase; Midgut proteinases; Morimus funereus; Proteinase inhibitors; Synthetic substrate; Xylophagous larvae; Zymogram

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; ANILIDE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; EGTAZIC ACID; EXOPEPTIDASE; HEAVY METAL; METHANOL; POLYACRYLAMIDE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LARVA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORIMUS FUNEREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0037307262     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00257-9     Document Type: Article

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