Purification of pimplin, a paralytic heterodimeric polypeptide from venom of the parasitoid wasp Pimpla hypochondriaca, and cloning of the cDNA encoding one of the subunits

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1769-1773

  Parkinson, N ^a   Smith, I ^a   Audsley, N ^a   Edwards, J P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Pimpla hypochondriaca; Pimplin; Toxin; Venom; Wasp

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; PIMPLIN PROTEIN, PIMPLA HYPOCHONDRIACA; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; WASP VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; HOUSE FLY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PIMPLA HYPOCHONDRIACA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036891096     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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