Accumulation of a maize proteinase inhibitor in response to wounding and insect feeding, and characterization of its activity toward digestive proteinases of Spodoptera littoralis larvae

Planta

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-71

  Tamayo, Martha Claudia ^a   Rufat, Mar ^a   Bravo, Juan Manuel ^a   San Segundo, Blanca ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Plant insect interaction; Proteinase inhibitor; Spodoptera; Wound response; Zea (wound response)

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ELASTASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBIVORY; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DEFENSE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WOUND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SPODOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033938312     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250000258     Document Type: Article

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