cDNAs encoding large venom proteins from the parasitoid wasp Pimpla hypochondriaca identified by random sequence analysis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-520

  Parkinson, Neil M ^a   Conyers, Christine M ^a   Keen, Jeff N ^b   MacNicoll, Alan D ^a   Smith, Ian ^a,c   Weaver, Robert J ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Hymenoptera; Laccase; Parasitoid; Pimpla hypochondriaca; Trehalase; Venom; vpr; Wasp

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; FUNGAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; LACCASE; PROTEIN; TREHALASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; VENOM PROTEIN 1; VENOM PROTEIN 3;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCAPSULATION; GEL FILTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WASP;

COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; PIMPLA HYPOCHONDRIACA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037396329     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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