Quantification and kinetics of the decline in grass grub endopeptidase activity during initiation of amber disease

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 72-76

  Jackson, Trevor A ^a   Christeller, John T ^b   McHenry, Jane Z ^b   Laing, William A ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amber disease; Costelytra zealandica; Endopeptidase; Grass grub; Midgut proteinases; Serratia entomophila; Serratia proteamaculans

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ESTERASE; EXOPEPTIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SERRATIA; VIRULENCE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESTERASES; EXOPEPTIDASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SERRATIA; TRYPSIN; VIRULENCE;

COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; SCARABAEIDAE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA; SERRATIA PROTEAMACULANS;

EID: 3242732192     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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