Proteinase, amylase, and proteinase-inhibitor activities in the gut of six cockroach species

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 794-802

  Vinokurov, Konstantin ^a,b   Taranushenko, Yuliya ^a   Krishnan, Natraj ^a   Sehnal, František ^a  

^a Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amylases; Blattodea; Gut pH; Insect digestion; Proteinase inhibitors; Proteinases

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

COCKROACH; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; DIGESTION; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

BLABERIDAE; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLIDAE; BLATTIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547688798     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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