Recombinant expression and characterization of a lysozyme from the midgut of Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) in comparison with intestinal muramidase activity

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-317

  Waniek, Peter J ^a   MendonÇa Lima, Leila ^a   Menezes, Gustavo B ^a   Jansen, Ana M ^a   AraÚjo, Catarina A C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestion; Insect symbionts; Lysozyme; Midgut; Triatoma brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; IMMUNOASSAY; INSECT; PROTEIN; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; POSIBACTERIA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 70450199390     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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