Aspartic Cathepsin D Endopeptidase Contributes to Extracellular Digestion in Clawed Lobsters Homarus americanus and Homarus gammarus

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 696-707

  Rojo, Liliana ^a   Muhlia Almazan, Adriana ^b   Saborowski, Reinhard ^c   García Carreño, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Cathepsin D; Clawed lobster; Protein digestion; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEASE; CATHEPSIN D; CLAWED LOBSTER; PROTEIN DIGESTION; STARVATION;

AMINO ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PROTEINS;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; LOBSTER; MUSCLE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPHROPIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID PROTEASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSIN D; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPHROPIDAE; RNA, MESSENGER; STARVATION;

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; HEXAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS; NEPHROPIDAE;

EID: 78649654930     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9257-3     Document Type: Article

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