Identification and characterization of midgut proteases in Achaea janata and their implications

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Budatha, Madhusudhan ^a   Meur, Gargi ^b   Dutta Gupta, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Bacillus thuringiensis; Chymotrypsin; Cry toxin; Elastase; GPI anchor; Proteases; Trypsin; Zymogram

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES; PHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATES;

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHYMOTRYPSIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

INSECT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PH;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOTHS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ACHAEA JANATA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 37549033410     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9539-7     Document Type: Article

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