F. X. Aviles

Publication List Details

Period

1995 - 2009

Number

16

Co-Authors

Response of the digestive system of Helicoverpa zea to ingestion of potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor and characterization of an uninhibited carboxypepidase B (2006)

Bayes, A, Vendrell, J., Aviles, F.X., Jongsma, M.A., Beekwilder, M.J.

Carboxypeptidase activity participates in the protein digestion process in the gut of lepidopteran insects, supplying free amino-acids to developing larvae. To study the role of different...

Structural basis of the resistance of an insect carboxypeptidase to plant protease inhibitors (2005)

BayƩs, A., Comellas-Bigler, M., Maskos, K., Bode, W., Aviles, F.X., ...

Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), also called tomato fruitworm, is a common pest of many Solanaceous plants. This insect is known to adapt to the ingestion of plant serine protease inhibitors by using...

Crystal structure of a novel Mid-gut procarboxypeptidase from the cotton pest Helicoverpa armigera (2001)

Estebanez-Perpica, E, Bayes, A, Vendrell, J., Jongsma, M.A., Bown, D.P., Gatehouse, J.A., ...

The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the most serious insect pests in Australia, India and China. The larva causes substantial economical losses to...