Major alteration of the expression site of endogenous cellulases in members of an apical termite lineage

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3219-3228

  Tokuda, Gaku ^a   Lo, Nathan ^b   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^c   Arakawa, Gaku ^a   Matsumoto, Tadao ^d   Noda, Hiroaki ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulose digestion; Endo 1,4 glucanase (EG); Feeding habits; Gut; Termites

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CELLULASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; ISOPTERA; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; PROTISTA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 4644315767     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02276.x     Document Type: Article

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