Multiple levels of synergistic collaboration in termite lignocellulose digestion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Scharf, Michael E ^a   Karl, Zachary J ^a   Sethi, Amit ^b   Boucias, Drion G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; GLUCOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PENTOSE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; CELLULASE; LIGNIN; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; GENOMICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SYMBIONT; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; BIOCATALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; SYMBIOSIS;

BLATTARIA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; CELLULASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; MONOSACCHARIDES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79959783353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021709     Document Type: Article

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