Spider-venom peptides as bioinsecticides

Toxins

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-227

  Windley, Monique J ^a   Herzig, Volker ^b   Dziemborowicz, Sławomir A ^a   Hardy, Margaret C ^b   King, Glenn F ^b   Nicholson, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioinsecticides; Cystine knot; Insecticidal; Peptide; Pest control; Spider venom

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALPHA LATROINSECTOTOXIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; BETA LATROINSECTOTOXIN; BIOINSECTICIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV1; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV2; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV3; DELTA AMAUROBITOXIN; DELTA LATROINSECTOTOXIN; EPSILON LATROINSECTOTOXIN; GAMMA LATROINSECTOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAPPA HEXATOXIN 1; MU AGATOXIN AA1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; OMEGA HEXATOXIN HV1A; OMEGA HEXATOXIN HV2A; OMEGA PLECTOTOXIN PT1A; OMEGA THERAPHOTOXIN HH2A; PESTICIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858963036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins4030191     Document Type: Review

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