Recombinant conotoxin, TxVIA, produced in yeast has insecticidal activity

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Bruce, C ^a   Fitches, E C ^b   Chougule, N ^a   Bell, H A ^b   Gatehouse, J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deroceras reticulatum; Ion channel; Mamestra brassicae; Musca domestica; Neurotoxin; Pichia pastoris; Pro peptide

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; TXVIA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; CONUS TEXTILE; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSE FLY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; MOLLUSC; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROPODA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEST CONTROL; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

CONUS TEXTILE; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MOLLUSCA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79959373747     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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