Purification and characterization of α-amylase from the infective juveniles of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Mohamed, Magda A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amylase; Characterization; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Glycogen; Heterorhabditis; Infective juveniles; Insects; Purification; Storage

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EDETIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; IODOACETIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GEL FILTRATION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INHIBITION KINETICS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 4444346220     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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