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Toxins, Volume 4, Issue 3

2012 March - 2 articles

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Articles (2)

  • Review
  • Open Access
202 Citations
26,713 Views
37 Pages

Spider-Venom Peptides as Bioinsecticides

  • Monique J. Windley,
  • Volker Herzig,
  • Sławomir A. Dziemborowicz,
  • Margaret C. Hardy,
  • Glenn F. King and
  • Graham M. Nicholson

22 March 2012

Over 10,000 arthropod species are currently considered to be pest organisms. They are estimated to contribute to the destruction of ~14% of the world’s annual crop production and transmit many pathogens. Presently, arthropod pests of agricultural and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insecticidal Toxins)
  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,763 Views
34 Pages

1 March 2012

Shiga toxins and ricin are well characterized similar toxins belonging to quite different biological kingdoms. Plant and bacteria have evolved the ability to produce these powerful toxins in parallel, while humans have evolved a defense system that r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Properties of Well-Characterized Toxins)
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