A metabolic pathway assembled by enzyme selection may support herbivory of leaf-cutter ants on plant starch

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 525-531

  Bacci, Maurício ^a   Bueno, Odair Correa ^a   Rodrigues, André ^a   Pagnocca, Fernando Carlos ^a   Somera, Alexandre Favarin ^a   Silva, Aline ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase; Attini; Maltase; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; STARCH;

ANT; BIODEGRADATION; ENTOMOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GLUCOSE; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; MUTUALISM; STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FECES; HERBIVORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FECES; HERBIVORY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STARCH; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ATTA SEXDENS; ATTINI; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS;

EID: 84876337896     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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