.and order some "Fusion Protein Technology", where the spider venom peptides
are attached to plant lectin 'carrier' proteins.

 

The paper makes a good effort to chase down the biochemistry of the effects
on bee cogitative skills of this new proposed biopesticide.

 

Fittingly published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B(ee):

 

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1787/20140619  (abstract)


http://tinyurl.com/my3tz27

 

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1787/20140619.full.pdf+ht
ml  (full paper)

http://tinyurl.com/mt89kpy

 

So, we may have an entire new class of pesticides: "Atracotoxins targeting
calcium channels are potential alternatives to conventional pesticides."

 

 


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