Binding of Vigna unguiculata vicilins to the peritrophic membrane of Tenebrio molitor affects larval development

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Paes, E V ^a   Uchoa A F ^b   Pinto, M S T ^d   Silva, C P ^c   Fernandes, K V S ^a   Oliveira, A E A ^a   Xavier Filho, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

7S globulin; Chitin; Coleoptera; Insect toxic proteins; Storage proteins; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOASSAY; CHITIN; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOTYPE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEGUME; PEST SPECIES; PROTEIN; SEED; TOXICITY;

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 51749088139     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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