Prokaryotically expressed Buthus martensii Karsch insect depressant toxin has insecticidal effects

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 469-476

  Jiang, Guoying ^a   Xu, Yunjian ^a   Zhu, Xinsheng ^a   Su, Yanhui ^a   Zhu, Yuxian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Insect damage; Prokaryotic expression; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECTICIDE; PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; TOXIN BMK IT4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; INSECT; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0342409407     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00115-X     Document Type: Article

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