作者: Frédéric Gressent , Pedro Da Silva , Vanessa Eyraud , Lamis Karaki , Corinne Royer
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摘要: PA1b (Pea Albumin 1, subunit b) is a peptide extract from pea seeds showing significant insecticidal activity against certain insects, such as cereal weevils (genus Sitophilus), the mosquitoes Culex pipiens and Aedes aegyptii, species of aphids. has great potential for use on an industrial scale in organic farming: it extracted common plant; (and therefore suitable transgenic applications); can withstand many steps extraction purification without losing its activity; present seed regularly consumed by humans mammals any known toxicity or allergenicity. The this to limit pest damage stimulated research concerning host range, mechanism action, three-dimensional structure, natural diversity structure-function relationships.