Host-mediated induction of α-amylases by larvae of the Mexican bean weevil Zabrotes subfasciatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) is irreversible and observed from the initiation of the feeding period

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-260

  Bifano, Thaís D ^a   Samuels, Richard I ^b   Alexandre, Daniel ^c   Silva, Carlos P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amylase inhibitor; Induction of amylase; Insect digestion; Phaseolus vulgaris; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE INHIBITOR, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ALPHA-AMYLASE INHIBITOR, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; AMYLASE; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WEEVIL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; FABACEAE; PHASEOLUS;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LECTINS; WEEVILS;

BRUCHINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZABROTES SUBFASCIATUS;

EID: 77957926302     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20375     Document Type: Article

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