Venom proteins of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis: Recent discovery of an untapped pharmacopee

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-516

  Danneels, Ellen L ^a   Rivers, David B ^b   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Coagulation; Development; Immunity; Lipid; Nasonia; Nutrient; Phenoloxidase; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; APROTININ; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CALRETICULIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSECT VENOM; LIPID; METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TICK ANTICOAGULANT PEPTIDE; TREHALOSE;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; EGG LAYING; ENVENOMATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIPID STORAGE; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PARASITOID; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; WASP;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DIPTERA; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS;

EID: 77958507552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2040494     Document Type: Review

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