Digestive peptidases in Tenebrio molitor and possibility of use to treat celiac disease

Entomological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-147

  Elpidina, Elena N ^a   Goptar, Irina A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L; Digestive proteinase; Insect; Post proline cleaving peptidase; Serine proteinase; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 34548643151     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2007.00103.x     Document Type: Review

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