Digestive α-amylases of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella- adaptation to alkaline environment and plant inhibitors

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3531-3546

  Pytelková, Jana ^a   Hubert, Jan ^b   Lepšík, Martin ^a   Šobotník, Jan ^a   Šindelka, Radek ^c   Křížková, Iva ^b   Horn, Martin ^a   Mareš, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

amylase; amylase inhibitor; Alkaline adaptation; Ephestia kuehniella; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 67650445670     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07074.x     Document Type: Article

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