Molecular and biochemical markers for monitoring dynamic shifts of cellulolytic protozoa in Reticulitermes flavipes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1366-1374

  Wheeler, Marsha M ^a   Zhou, Xuguo ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^a   Oi, Faith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; Protozoa; Quantitative real time PCR; R. flavipes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELLULASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLULASES; ENZYME STABILITY; ISOPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 35448948371     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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