CmCatD, a cathepsin D-like protease has a potential role in insect defense against a phytocystatin

When fed on a diet containing a proteinaceous cysteine protease inhibitor from soybean (scN), cowpea bruchid larvae enhance their overall digestive capacity to counter the inhibitory effect. Elevated proteolytic activity is attributed not only to the major digestive cysteine proteases (CmCPs), but a...

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