Proteolytic activity in the extracts and in the excretory/secretory products from Varroa destructor parasitic mite of honeybee

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Frczek, Regina ^a   Zótowska, Krystyna ^a   Lipiski, Zbigniew ^a   Dmitryjuk, Magorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

honeybee; peptidases; proteinase inhibitor; proteolysis; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; GLYCINE MAX; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84859576665     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2011.610357     Document Type: Article

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