Profiles of the body-surface proteolytic system of honey bee queens, workers and drones: Ontogenetic and seasonal changes in proteases and their natural inhibitors

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-19

  Grzywnowicz, Krzysztof ^a   Ciołek, Aneta ^a   Tabor, Agnieszka ^a   Jaszek, Magdalena ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body surface proteolysis; Honey bee; Protease inhibitors; Proteases; Zymography

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID; DETERGENT; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYBEE; ONTOGENY; PH; POLYMER; QUEEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPARATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 60749089009     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008057     Document Type: Article

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