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Optimized Scorpion Polypeptide LMX: A Pest Control Protein Effective against Rice Leaf Folder

Lepidopteran insect pests are the main class of pests causing significant damage to crop plant yields. Insecticidal scorpion peptides exhibit toxicity specific for insects. Here, we report that a peptide LMX, optimized from the insect-specific scorpion neurotoxin LqhIT2, showed high levels of activi...

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Autores principales: Tianpei, Xiuzi, Zhu, Yingguo, Li, Shaoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100232