Digestive enzymes in larvae of the leaf cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1101-1111

  Erthal Jr , Milton ^a   Peres Silva, Carlos ^b   Ian Samuels, Richard ^c  

^a Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências Agrárias FAETEC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestion; Enzyme; Insect; Labial glands; Midgut

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARVA; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LARVA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS; ATTA; ATTINI; ENDOPTERYGOTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35548949282     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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