Characterization and biochemical analyses of venom from the ectoparasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-41

  Rivers, David B ^a   Uckan, Fevzi ^b   Ergin, Ekrem ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HPLC; Infrared spectroscopy; SDS PAGE; Size exclusion; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

ACETONE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; INSECT PROTEIN; PSORALEN; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; WASP;

ACETONE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FICUSIN; INSECT PROTEINS; PRECIPITATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 33644842067     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20094     Document Type: Article

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