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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

Standardization of a Continuous Assay for Glycosidases and Its Use for Screening Insect Gut Samples at Individual and Populational Levels.

Gerson S Profeta, Jessica A S Pereira, Samara G Costa, Patricia Azambuja, Eloi S Garcia, Caroline da Silva Moraes, Fernando A Genta

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gerson S ProfetaInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jessica A S PereiraInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Samara G CostaInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Patricia AzambujaInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eloi S GarciaInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Caroline da Silva MoraesInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fernando A GentaInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRInstituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycoside Hydrolases (GHs) are enzymes able to recognize and cleave glycosidic bonds. Insect GHs play decisive roles in digestion, in plant-herbivore, and host-pathogen interactions. GH activity is normally measured by the detection of a release from the substrate of products as sugars units, colored, or fluorescent groups. In most cases, the conditions for product release and detection differ, resulting in discontinuous assays. The current protocols result in using large amounts of reaction mixtures for the obtainment of time points in each experimental replica. These procedures restrain the analysis of biological materials with limited amounts of protein and, in the case of studies regarding small insects, implies in the pooling of samples from several individuals. In this respect, most studies do not assess the variability of GH activities across the population of individuals from the same species. The aim of this work is to approach this technical problem and have a deeper understanding of the variation of GH activities in insect populations, using as models the disease vectors

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fluorescent assayglycosidaseglycoside hydrolaseinsect digestionLutzomyia longipalpisRhodnius prolixus

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PMID28553236
PMCPMC5427678
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