Enzymatic activities in traps of four aquatic species of the carnivorous genus Utricularia

New Phytologist

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 669-675

  Sirová, Dagmara ^a   Adamec, Lubomír ^b   Vrba, Jaroslav ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

hexosaminidase; Aminopeptidase; Aquatic carnivorous plants; Chitinase; Extracellular enzymatic activity; Glucosidase; Phosphatase; Trap fluid pH

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; WETLAND;

CHYDORUS; EUGLENA; UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA AUSTRALIS; UTRICULARIA FOLIOSA; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 0042967770     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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