Poneratoxin, a neurotoxin from ant venom: Structure and expression in insect cells and construction of a bio-insecticide

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2127-2136

  Szolajska, Ewa ^a   Poznanski, Jaroslaw ^a   Ferber, Miguel López ^b   Michalik, Joanna ^a   Gout, Evelyne ^c   Fender, Pascal ^c   Bailly, Isabelle ^c   Dublet, Bernard ^c   Chroboczek, Jadwiga ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Insecticide; Peptide atomic structure; Recombinant poneratoxin; Synthetic poneratoxin

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; PONERATOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL ADHESION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT CELL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTOXINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PARAPONERA; PARAPONERA CLAVATA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 2942575906     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04128.x     Document Type: Article

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