Functional and translational analyses of a beta-glucosidase gene (glycosyl hydrolase family 1) isolated from the gut of the lower termite Reticulitermes flavipes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 611-620

  Scharf, Michael E ^a   Kovaleva, Elena S ^b   Jadhao, Sanjay ^a   Campbell, James H ^b   Buchman, George W ^b   Boucias, Drion G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chesapeake PERL Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; ENZYME STABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 77954657091     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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