Purification and characterization of two cysteine peptidases of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata during metamorphosis

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Rabossi, Alejandro ^a   Stoka, Veronika ^b   Puizdar, Vida ^b   Turk, Vito ^b   Quesada Allué, Luis A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cathepsins; Diptera; Larval tissue histolysis; Papain like enzyme; Proteinases

Indexed keywords

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA;

EID: 45549108069     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20231     Document Type: Article

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