Isolation and characterization of a chitinase from the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 486-491

  Smith, Stephanie A ^a   Robbins, Lynn W ^a   Steiert, John G ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitinase; Dasypus novemcinctus; Insectivory; Myrmecophagy; Nine banded armadillo

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS;

EID: 0037793775     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382979     Document Type: Article

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