Papain protects papaya trees from herbivorous insects: Role of cysteine proteases in latex

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-378

  Konno, Kotaro ^a   Hirayama, Chikara ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^a   Tateishi, Ken ^a   Tamura, Yasumori ^a   Hattori, Makoto ^a   Kohno, Katsuyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Eri silkmoth; Papaya; Plant defense; Plant latex; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION; FORESTRY; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

INSECTS; POLYPHAGOUS PESTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LATEX; PAPAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOTH; PAPAYA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARICA; LATEX; MOTHS; PAPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; FICUS VIRGATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MORACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; SAMIA RICINI; SATURNIIDAE; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 1042290220     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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