Postsecretory hydrolysis of nectar sucrose and specialization in ant/plant mutualism

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5721, 2005, Pages 560-563

  Heil, M ^a,b   Rattke, J ^a   Boland, W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPOSITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIGESTIVE TRACTS; EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR (EFN); NECTAR SUCROSE; POSTSECRETORY HYDROLYSIS;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; DISACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

INSECT; MUTUALISM; NECTAR; PLANT;

ACACIA; ANT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROLYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOMYRMEX;

EID: 17644365452     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107536     Document Type: Article

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