Hydrolases in the hypopharyngeal glands of workers of Scaptotrigona postica and Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apinae)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-623

  Costa, Rosiléia A C ^a   Da Cruz Landim, Carminda ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybee; Apidae; Apini; Enzymes; Esterase lipase; Glucosidases; Meliponini; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENZYME; ESTERASE; HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HYDROLASES; HYPOPHARYNX;

APIDAE; APINAE; APINI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 27744556579     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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