Digestive proteolysis organization in two closely related tenebrionid beetles: Red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) and confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-279

  Vinokurov, K S ^a,b   Elpidina, E N ^b   Zhuzhikov, D P ^b   Oppert, B ^c   Kodrik, D ^a   Sehnal, F ^a  

^a Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleopteran insects; Insect digestive peptidases; Organization of digestion; Tribolium castaneum; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

GELATIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DIGESTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIGESTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GELATIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 64849083217     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20299     Document Type: Article

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