Unique toxic peptides isolated from sawfly larvae in three continents

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Oelrichs, P B ^a   MacLeod, J K ^b   Seawright, A A ^a   Moore, M R ^a   Ng, J C ^a   Dutra, F ^c   Riet Correa F ^d   Mendez, M C ^c   Thamsborg, S M ^e  

^a University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Rincón 203 ^*  (Uruguay)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM; PERGIDIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTOXICATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PEPTIDES; SOUTH AMERICA; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033024090     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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