Cuticular chitin synthase and chitinase mRNA of whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei during the molting cycle

Aquaculture

Volumn 330-333, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-115

  Rocha, Jorge ^a   Garcia Carreño, Fernando L ^a   Muhlia Almazán, Adriana ^b   Peregrino Uriarte, Alma B ^b   Yépiz Plascencia, Gloria ^b   Córdova Murueta, Julio H ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Chitinase; Litopenaeus vannamei; Molt cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOSKELETON; GROWTH MODELING; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; UROPODA;

EID: 84856329120     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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