Purification and partial characterization of a midgut membrane-bound α-glucosidase from Quesada gigas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Fonseca, Fábio V ^a   Silva, José R ^b   Samuels, Richard I ^c   DaMatta, Renato A ^c   Terra, Walter R ^d   Silva, Carlos P ^e  

^a Polgenix Inc   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hemiptera; Insect digestion; Perimicrovillar membranes; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; DETERGENT; ISOENZYME; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SUCROSE; TRITON X 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL FILTRATION; HEMIPTERA; IMAGO; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; XYLEM SAP;

CICADIDAE; DYSDERCUS PERUVIANUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; QUESADA GIGAS; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 71749096642     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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