The last piece in the cellulase puzzle: The characterisation of β-glucosidase from the herbivorous gecarcinid land crab Gecarcoidea natalis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2950-2957

  Allardyce, Benjamin J ^a   Linton, Stuart M ^a   Saborowski, Reinhard ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Crustacea; Digestion; Gecarcoidea natalis; Glucohydrolase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYURA; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BRACHYURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GECARCOIDEA NATALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956256056     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041582     Document Type: Article

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