Molecular cloning and characterization of a glycosyl hydrolase family 9 cellulase distributed throughout the digestive tract of the cricket Teleogryllus emma

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-376

  Kim, Namjung ^a,b   Choo, Young Moo ^a   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Hong, Seong Jin ^b   Seol, Kwang Youl ^b   Je, Yeon Ho ^c   Sohn, Hung Dae ^a   Jin, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cricket; Endoglucanase; Enzyme; Glycoside hydrolase family 9 (GHF 9); Insect; Teleogryllus emma

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 ENDOGLUCANASE; CELLULASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GRYLLIDAE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELEOGRYLLUS EMMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS; PANESTHIA CRIBRATA; TELEOGRYLLUS EMMA;

EID: 45849144011     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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