Chitinolytic activities in the gut of Aedes aegypti (Diptera:Culicidae) larvae and their role in digestion of chitin-rich structures

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 717-724

  Souza Neto, Jayme A ^a   Gusmão, Desiely S ^b   Lemos, Francisco J A ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Chitin; Chitinase; Digestive enzyme; Gut pH; Peritrophic matrix; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOBIOSIDE; ENDOCHITINASE; GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0242711342     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00224-1     Document Type: Article

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