Lignin-associated metagene expression in a lignocellulose-digesting termite

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-101

  Sethi, Amit ^a   Slack, Jeffrey M ^b   Kovaleva, Elena S ^b   Buchman, George W ^b   Scharf, Michael E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chesapeake PERL Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Recombinant enzymes; Reticulitermes flavipes

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIET; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 84871747940     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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