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List of works by Walter R Terra

A novel β-fructofuranosidase in Coleoptera: Characterization of a β-fructofuranosidase from the sugarcane weevil, Sphenophorus levis.

scientific article

A physiologically-oriented transcriptomic analysis of the midgut of Tenebrio molitor

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Absorption of toxic beta-glucosides produced by plants and their effect on tissue trehalases from insects

scientific article published on 2 February 2006

Action pattern, specificity, lytic activities, and physiological role of five digestive beta-glucanases isolated from Periplaneta americana.

scientific article published in November 2003

Active site characterization and molecular cloning of Tenebrio molitor midgut trehalase and comments on their insect homologs

scientific article

Active subsite properties, subsite residues and targeting to lysosomes or midgut lumen of cathepsins L from the beetle Tenebrio molitor

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Amino acid residues involved in substrate binding and catalysis in an insect digestive beta-glycosidase

scientific article published on February 2001

An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Bauhinia Proteinase Inhibitor-Based Synthetic Fluorogenic Substrates for Enzymes Isolated from Insect Midgut and Caterpillar Bristles ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2003

Biological, nutritional, and histochemical basis for improving an artificial diet for Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).

scientific article published on March 2006

Biphasic perimicrovillar membrane production following feeding by previously starved Dysdercus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae).

scientific article published on 7 March 2007

Carbodiimide-reactive carboxyl groups at the active site of an insect midgut trehalase

scientific article published on November 1979

Cathepsins L and B in Dysdercus peruvianus, Rhodnius prolixus, and Mahanarva fimbriolata. Looking for enzyme adaptations to digestion

scientific article published on 17 October 2020

Characterization of a beta-glycosidase highly active on disaccharides and of a beta-galactosidase from Tenebrio molitor midgut lumen

scientific article published in February 2003

Characterization of a membrane-bound aminopeptidase purified from Acyrthosiphon pisum midgut cells. A major binding site for toxic mannose lectins

scientific article

Characterization of a β-1,3-glucanase active in the alkaline midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae and its relation to β-glucan-binding proteins ⬇️

scientific article published on September 8, 2010

Cloning, purification and comparative characterization of two digestive lysozymes from Musca domestica larvae

scientific article published in November 2008

Conformational changes on ligand binding in wild-type and mutants from Spodoptera frugiperda midgut trehalase

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Crystallization, data collection and phasing of two digestive lysozymes from Musca domestica

scientific article

De novo transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of midgut tissues of four non-model insects pertaining to Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera

scientific article published on 06 June 2017

De novo transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of midgut tissues of four non-model insects pertaining to Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera

scholarly article by Rajesh K. Gazara published in April 2017

Detergent-resistant domains in Spodoptera frugiperda midgut microvillar membranes and their relation to microapocrine secretion

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Digestion of bacteria and the role of midgut lysozyme in some insect larvae ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Digestive enzyme compartmentalization and recycling and sites of absorption and secretion along the midgut of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera) larvae

scientific article published in January 2007

Digestive morphophysiology of Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Digestive physiology and characterization of digestive cathepsin L-like proteinase from the sugarcane weevil Sphenophorus levis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2011

Direct detection of underivatized chitooligosaccharides produced through chitinase action using capillary zone electrophoresis.

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Domain structure and expression along the midgut and carcass of peritrophins and cuticle proteins analogous to peritrophins in insects with and without peritrophic membrane

scientific article published on 05 February 2019

Evolutionary trends of digestion and absorption in the major insect orders

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Evolutionary trends of digestion and absorption in the major insect orders

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Gelsolin role in microapocrine secretion

scientific article

Heat shock protein B1 is a key mediator of prolactin-induced beta-cell cytoprotection against oxidative stress

scientific article published on 27 January 2019

Insect chymotrypsins: chloromethyl ketone inactivation and substrate specificity relative to possible coevolutional adaptation of insects and plants

scientific article published on March 2009

Insect midgut carboxypeptidases with emphasis on S10 hemipteran and M14 lepidopteran carboxypeptidases

scientific article published on 8 December 2014

Insect midgut α-mannosidases from family 38 and 47 with emphasis on those of Tenebrio molitor.

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Investigation of the substrate specificity of a beta-glycosidase from Spodoptera frugiperda using site-directed mutagenesis and bioenergetics analysis

scientific article published on November 2004

Midgut adaptation and digestive enzyme distribution in a phloem feeding insect, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

scientific article published in January 2003

Midgut fluxes and digestive enzyme recycling in Musca domestica: A molecular approach

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

Midgut proteins released by microapocrine secretion in Spodoptera frugiperda ⬇️

scientific article published on October 25, 2012

Molecular adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster lysozymes to a digestive function.

scientific article published in May 1998

Molecular insights into mechanisms of lepidopteran serine proteinase resistance to natural plant defenses

scientific article

Molecular machinery of starch digestion and glucose absorption along the midgut of Musca domestica

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Molecular mechanisms associated with acidification and alkalization along the larval midgut of Musca domestica

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

N-glycosylation in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) midgut membrane-bound glycoproteins

scientific article published on 14 June 2020

Occurrence of midgut perimicrovillar membranes in paraneopteran insect orders with comments on their function and evolutionary significance.

scientific article published in April 2004

Peritrophic membrane role in enhancing digestive efficiency. Theoretical and experimental models

scientific article

Physical properties and Tris inhibition of an insect trehalase and a thermodynamic approach to the nature of its active site

scientific article published on May 11, 1978

Physiology and biochemistry of insect digestion: an evolutionary perspective

scientific article published on January 1988

Physiology of digestion and the molecular characterization of the major digestive enzymes from Periplaneta americana

scientific article

Plasma membranes from insect midgut cells

scientific article

Potential role for gut microbiota in cell wall digestion and glucoside detoxification in Tenebrio molitor larvae

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Prey digestion in the midgut of the predatory bug Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on March 20, 2012

Properties and secretory mechanism of Musca domestica digestive chymotrypsin and its relation with Drosophila melanogaster homologs ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Purification and characterization of three beta-glycosidases from midgut of the sugar cane borer, Diatraea saccharalis

scientific article published on January 2003

Purification and partial characterization of a midgut membrane-bound alpha-glucosidase from Quesada gigas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Purification and partial characterization of an aminopeptidase from the midgut tissue of Dysdercus peruvianus.

scientific article

Purification and properties of a beta-glycosidase purified from midgut cells of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera) larvae.

scientific article published on December 2000

Purification, characterization and molecular cloning of the major chitinase from Tenebrio molitor larval midgut.

scientific article published on 23 August 2006

Purification, characterization and sequencing of the major beta-1,3-glucanase from the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae.

scientific article published on 17 October 2009

Purification, properties and substrate specificity of a digestive trypsin from Periplaneta americana (Dictyoptera) adults.

scientific article published in April 2003

Recombinant expression, localization and in vitro inhibition of midgut cysteine peptidase (Sl-CathL) from sugarcane weevil, Sphenophorus levis ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2011

Recruited lysosomal enzymes as major digestive enzymes in insects

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Role of cathepsins D in the midgut of Dysdercus peruvianus.

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Sequence and function of lysosomal and digestive cathepsin D-like proteinases of Musca domestica midgut

scientific article

Sequences of cDNAs and expression of genes encoding chitin synthase and chitinase in the midgut of Spodoptera frugiperda

scientific article published on 8 August 2005

Sequencing of Spodoptera frugiperda midgut trehalases and demonstration of secretion of soluble trehalase by midgut columnar cells

scientific article

Spatial distribution of digestive proteinases in the midgut of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) indicates the existence of endo-ectoperitrophic circulation in Crustacea

scientific article published on 9 May 2014

Structure, processing and midgut secretion of putative peritrophic membrane ancillary protein (PMAP) from Tenebrio molitor larvae

scientific article published on 21 November 2007

Subsite substrate specificity of midgut insect chymotrypsins.

scientific article published on 25 March 2008

Subsites of trypsin active site favor catalysis or substrate binding.

scientific article published in January 2002

The 3D structure and function of digestive cathepsin L-like proteinases of Tenebrio molitor larval midgut

scientific article

The Aedes aegypti larval transcriptome: a comparative perspective with emphasis on trypsins and the domain structure of peritrophins.

scientific article published on 28 November 2008

The catalytic and other residues essential for the activity of the midgut trehalase from Spodoptera frugiperda ⬇️

scientific article published on August 5, 2010

The cathepsin L-like proteinases from the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae: sequence, properties, immunocytochemical localization and function

scientific article published in August 2005

The digestive system of the "stick bug" Cladomorphus phyllinus (Phasmida, Phasmatidae): a morphological, physiological and biochemical analysis

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

The interplay of processivity, substrate inhibition and a secondary substrate binding site of an insect exo-beta-1,3-glucanase

scientific article published on 24 July 2007

The role of amino acid residues in the active site of a midgut microvillar aminopeptidase from the beetle Tenebrio molitor

scientific article published in June 2000

The role of amino-acid residues Q39 and E451 in the determination of substrate specificity of the Spodoptera frugiperda beta-glycosidase

scientific article published on August 2002

The role of carboxyl, guanidine and imidazole groups in catalysis by a midgut trehalase purified from an insect larvae

scientific article published on October 2004

The role of residues R97 and Y331 in modulating the pH optimum of an insect beta-glycosidase of family 1.

scientific article

The roles of mucus-forming mucins, peritrophins and peritrophins with mucin domains in the insect midgut

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Transcriptomic analyses uncover emerging roles of mucins, lysosome/secretory addressing and detoxification pathways in insect midguts

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Transporters involved in glucose and water absorption in the Dysdercus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) anterior midgut.

scientific article

Ultrastructure and immunolocalization of digestive enzymes in the midgut of Podisus nigrispinus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae).

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Variant vicilins from a resistant Vigna unguiculata lineage (IT81D-1053) accumulate inside Callosobruchus maculatus larval midgut epithelium

scientific article published on 9 November 2013

Vitellogenin knockdown strongly affects cotton boll weevil egg viability but not the number of eggs laid by females

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Where do we aspire to publish? A position paper on scientific communication in biochemistry and molecular biology

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

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