Fungal extracellular ribotoxins as insecticidal agents

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Olombrada, Miriam ^a   Herrero Galán, Elías ^a,b   Tello, Daniel ^c   Oñaderra, Mercedes ^a   Gavilanes, José G ^a   Martínez del Pozo, Álvaro ^a   García Ortega, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fungal ribotoxin; HtA; Insecticide; Ribonuclease; Ribosome inactivation; RNases; SRL; TLC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; ALPHA-SARCIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HIRSUTELLIN A PROTEIN, HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII; INSECTICIDE; MYCOTOXIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOTH; RIBOSOME; SF9 CELL;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; MYCOTOXINS; RIBOSOMES; SF9 CELLS;

HEXAPODA; HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872231867     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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