Purification and properties of midgut α-amylase isolated from Morimus funereus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Dojnov, Biljana ^a   Božić, Nataša ^a   Nenadović, Vera ^b   Ivanović, Jelisaveta ^b   Vujčić, Zoran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cerambycid beetle; Isoform; Midgut amylase; Morimus funereus; Xylophagous larvae

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ISOENZYME; POTATO STARCH; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITY; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSERADISH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LARVA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORIMUS FUNEREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MORIMUS FUNEREUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36849076255     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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