WHEAT PROTEIN MHBITORS OF INSECT DIGESTIVE PROTEINASES: MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND POTENTIAL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL USE

摘要

Several plant protein inhibitors of proteolytic enzymes have been widely investigated in order to evaluate their potential biotechnological use in agriculture. These proteins when expressed in transformed plants, could confer resistance to a number of insect pests by inhibiting their digestive proteolytic enzymes.