Isolation and partial characterization of a protease with kallikrein-like activity from the egg-nests of Hylesia metabus (Crammer 1775) (Lepidoptera: Saturnidae), preliminary communication

Revista Cientifica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-102

  Lundberg, Ulf ^a   Osborn, Frances ^b   Carvajal, Zoila ^a   Gil, Amparo ^a   Guerrero, Belsy ^a   Piñango, Carmen Luisa Arocha ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hylesia metabus; Kallikrein; Protease

Indexed keywords

KALLIKREIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYLESIA METABUS; MALE; MOTH; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PH; ULTRAFILTRATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 2442494944     PISSN: 07982259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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