کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2819557 1569929 2007 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does correlation of cellulase gene expression and cellulolytic activity in the gut of termite suggest synergistic collaboration of cellulases?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی ژنتیک
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Does correlation of cellulase gene expression and cellulolytic activity in the gut of termite suggest synergistic collaboration of cellulases?
چکیده انگلیسی

Termites play an important role in degradation of dead plant materials in nature. Over the last century, many researchers have investigated the mechanisms of their lignocellulose digesting system. A recent publication by Zhou et al. (Zhou, X., Smith, J.A., Oi, F.M., Koehler, P.G., Bennett, G.W., Scharf, M.E., 2007. Correlation of cellulase gene expression and cellulolytic activity throughout the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Gene 395, 29–39) dealt with the cellulolytic system of the flagellate-harboring termite R. flavipes and suggested “the presence of a single unified cellulose digestion system” in the termite, as an alternative hypothesis of a “dual (i.e. endogenous and symbiotic) cellulose digesting system” proposed by Nakashima et al. (Nakashima, K., Watanabe, H., Saitoh, H., Tokuda, G., Azuma, J.-I., 2002. Dual cellulose-digesting system of the wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32, 777–784). Here we show that their results actually support a dual cellulose digesting system rather than “a single unified cellulose digestion system”. In addition, potential problems with their results are highlighted.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Gene - Volume 401, Issues 1–2, 15 October 2007, Pages 131–134
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