Insecticidal effect of Canavalia ensiformis major urease on nymphs of the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus and characterization of digestive peptidases

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 388-399

  Defferrari, Marina S ^a   Demartini, Diogo R ^a   Marcelino, Thiago B ^a   Pinto, Paulo M ^a,b   Carlini, Celia R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canavalia ensiformis; Cathepsin L; Cysteine endopeptidase; Insect digestion; Insecticide; Purification

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYL PHENYLALANYLARGININE 4 METHYLCOUMARYL 7 AMIDE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYL-PHENYLALANYLARGININE-4-METHYLCOUMARYL-7-AMIDE; CATHEPSIN L; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; LEUCINE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UREASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANAVALIA; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HETEROPTERA; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANAVALIA; CATHEPSIN L; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COUMARINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DIGESTION; DIPEPTIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HETEROPTERA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTICIDES; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; UREASE;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; HEXAPODA; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 79954414556     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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