Parasitic nematodes, proteinases and transgenic plants

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 414-417

  Lilley, Catherine J ^a   Devlin, Pauline ^a   Urwin, Peter E ^a   Atkinson, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; PROTEINASE;

AGRICULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NEMATODA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0033215248     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01513-6     Document Type: Review

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