Characterization and partial purification of proteinases from the highly alkaline midgut of the humivorous larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-442

  Zhang, Hongyu ^a,b   Brune, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline proteinase; Coleoptera; Digestion; Gut alkalinity; Humic substances; Nitrogen transformation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; GELS; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION;

PROTEOLYTIC BANDS;

SOILS;

HUMIC SUBSTANCE;

COLEOPTERA; PACHNODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 1242344776     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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