Annual Review of Entomology (2015) 60, 233-252

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Keyan Zhu-Salzman and Rensen Zeng (2015)
Insect response to plant defensive protease inhibitors
Annual Review of Entomology 60, 233-252
Abstract: Plant protease inhibitors (PIs) are natural plant defense proteins that inhibit proteases of invading insect herbivores. However, their anti-insect efficacy is determined not only by their potency toward a vulnerable insect system but also by the response of the insect to such a challenge. Through the long history of coevolution with their host plants, insects have developed sophisticated mechanisms to circumvent antinutritional effects of dietary challenges. Their response takes the form of changes in gene expression and the protein repertoire in cells lining the alimentary tract, the first line of defense. Research in insect digestive proteases has revealed the crucial roles they play in insect adaptation to plant PIs and has brought about a new appreciation of how phytophagous insects employ this group of molecules in both protein digestion and counterdefense. This review provides researchers in related fields an up-to-date summary of recent advances.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ren Sen Zeng

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
pesticide resistance of pest

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