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Structure-Guided Mechanisms Behind the Metabolism of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Glutathione Transferases U25 and U24 That Lead to Alternate Product Distribution by Tzafestas, Kyriakos, Ahmad, Laziana, Dani, M Paulina, Grogan, Gideon, Rylott, Elizabeth L, Bruce, Neil C

“…The explosive xenobiotic 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a major worldwide environmental pollutant and its persistence in the environment presents health and…”
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A recombinant immunosuppressive protein from Pimpla hypochondriaca (rVPr1) increases the susceptibility of Lacanobia oleracea and Mamestra brassicae larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis by Richards, Elaine H., Paulina Dani, M.

“…The precise mechanisms underlying Bacillus thuringiensis–mediated killing of pest insects are not clear. In some cases, death may be due to septicaemia caused…”
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Cloning and expression of the gene for an insect haemocyte anti-aggregation protein (VPr3), from the venom of the endoparasitic wasp, Pimpla hypochondriaca by Dani, M. Paulina, Richards, Elaine H

“…A venom protein from the endoparasitic wasp, Pimpla hypochondriaca, was recently biochemically isolated. This protein possessed haemocyte anti-aggregation…”
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Novel control methods for insect pests: development of a microencapsulation procedure for proteinaceous bioactives intended for oral delivery by Richards, Elaine H, Wontner‐Smith, Tim, Bradish, Hannah, Dani, M Paulina, Cotterill, Jane V

“…BACKGROUND: The objective was to develop an environmentally favourable microcapsule suitable for delivery of proteinaceous bioactive agents (‘bioinsecticides’)…”
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Ance, a Drosophila angiotensin-converting enzyme homologue, is expressed in imaginal cells during metamorphosis and is regulated by the steroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone by Siviter, Richard J, Taylor, Christine A M, Cottam, Deborah M, Denton, Adrian, Dani, M Paulina, Milner, Martin J, Shirras, Alan D, Isaac, R Elwyn

“…Ance is a single domain homologue of mammalian angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and is important for normal development and reproduction in Drosophila…”
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Identification, cloning and expression of a second gene ( vpr1) from the venom of the endoparasitic wasp, Pimpla hypochondriaca that displays immunosuppressive activity by Dani, M. Paulina, Richards, Elaine H.

“…Previously, we biochemically isolated an immunosuppressive protein (VPr3) from the venom of Pimpla hypochondriaca and cloned and expressed the gene in…”
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Recombinant immunosuppressive protein from Pimpla hypochondrica venom (rVPr1) increases the susceptibility of Mamestra brassicae larvae to the fungal biological control agent, Beauveria bassiana by Richards, Elaine H, Bradish, Hannah, Dani, M. Paulina, Pietravalle, Stéphane, Lawson, Ailsa

“…Although fungi are used to control a variety of insect pests, it is accepted that their usage could be increased if their efficacy was greater. The outcome of…”
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Biochemical isolation of an insect haemocyte anti-aggregation protein from the venom of the endoparasitic wasp, Pimpla hypochondriaca, and identification of its gene by Richards, Elaine H., Dani, M. Paulina

“…Pimpla hypochondriaca venom is complex and contains a number of different proteins and polypeptides that exert a variety of effects on insect physiology. In…”
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mode of action of venom from the endoparasitic wasp Pimpla hypochondriaca (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) involves Ca⁺²-dependent cell death pathways by Rivers, David B, Dani, M. Paulina, Richards, Elaine H

“…The endoparasitoid Pimpla hypochondriaca injects venom during oviposition to condition its lepidopteran hosts. Venom is a complex mixture of proteins and…”
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Effects of the nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and of venom from the endoparasitic wasp Pimpla hypochondriaca on survival and food consumption of the pest slug Deroceras reticulatum; implications for novel biocontrol strategies by Richards, Elaine H, DeMarzo, Damian, Port, Gordon R, Dani, M. Paulina, Walters, Keith FA

“…BACKGROUND: Controlling pests through disruption of biochemical pathways by physiologically active compounds/factors from animals and plants represents an…”
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Peptidyl dipeptidases (Ance and Acer) of Drosophila melanogaster: major differences in the substrate specificity of two homologs of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme by Siviter, Richard J, Nachman, Ronald J, Dani, M.Paulina, Keen, Jeffrey N, Shirras, Alan D, Isaac, R.Elwyn

“…Drosophila melanogaster angiotensin converting enzyme (Ance) and angiotensin converting enzyme related (Acer) are single domain homologs of mammalian peptidyl…”
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