A recombinant form of chagasin from Trypanosoma cruzi: Inhibitory activity on insect cysteine proteinases

Pest Management Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 755-760

  Monteiro, Ana Carolina Dos Santos ^a,b   Neto, Osmundo Brilhante De Oliveira ^a   Del Sarto, Rafael Perseghini ^a,c   De Magalhães, Mariana Torquato Q ^a,d   Lima, Janaina Nascimento ^a,c   Lacerda, Ariane Ferreira ^a,e   Oliveira, Raquel Sampaio ^a,e   Scharfstein, Julio ^b   Da Silva, Maria Cristina Mattar ^a   Arboleda Valencia, Jorge W ^a,c,f   Jiménez, Arnubio Valencia ^a,c,g   Grossi de Sa, Maria Fatima ^a,e  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE MANIZALES   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acanthoscelides obtectus; Bean weevil; Cysteine proteinase; Inhibitor; r chagasin

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; PARASITE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SURVIVAL;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; HEXAPODA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 46849087576     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1553     Document Type: Article

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