Proteases as insecticidal agents

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 935-953

  Harrison, Robert L ^a   Bonning, Bryony C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Cuticle; Insecticides; Microbial defense; Peritrophic matrix; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHITIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT GENETICS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; INSECTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952051539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2050935     Document Type: Review

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