Digestive enzymes of leaf-cutting ants, Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini): Distribution in the gut of adult workers and partial characterization

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 881-891

  Erthal Jr , Milton ^a   Peres Silva, Carlos ^a   Ian Samuels, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Plant Protection Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestion; Enzyme; Insect; Labial glands; Midgut; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

ANT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ANT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS; ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 7044235145     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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