Enhanced activity of an insecticidal protein, trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF), through conjugation with aliphatic polyethylene glycol

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-59

  Jeffers, Laura A ^a,b   Shen, Hongyan ^a,c   Khalil, Sayed ^a,d   Bissinger, Brooke W ^a   Brandt, Alan ^e   Gunnoe, T Brent ^a,f   Roe, R Michael ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Agricultural Research Centre   (Egypt)

^e EpaFeX   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton bollworm; Mosquito; PEGylation; Polyethylene glycol; Protein delivery; TMOF; Tobacco budworm; Trypsin modulating oostatic factor

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE OOSTATIC HORMONE;

CATABOLISM; INSECTICIDE; MOSQUITO; NEONATE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PROTEIN; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOTH; SYNTHESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOTHS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRIFLUORO;

EID: 84155195350     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2219     Document Type: Article

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