Diversity of digestive proteinases in Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-137

  Vinokurov, K S ^a   Elpidina, E N ^a   Oppert, B ^b   Prabhakar, S ^c   Zhuzhikov, D P ^a   Dunaevsky, Y E ^a   Belozersky, M A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect digestive proteinases; Organization of digestion; Tenebrio molitor; Yellow mealworm

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; LARVA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33748907025     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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