Digestive β-glucosidases from the wood-feeding higher termite, Nasutitermes takasagoensis: Intestinal distribution, molecular characterization, and alteration in sites of expression

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 931-937

  Tokuda, Gaku ^a   Miyagi, Mio ^a   Makiya, Hiromi ^a   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^b   Arakawa, Gaku ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Glycoside hydrolase family (GHF); Midgut; Salivary glands; Termite

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; WOOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; WOOD;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 73449107106     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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