Sentence examples for defense agents from inspiring English sources

Their primary function in plants is thought to be as defense agents, based on their potent insecticidal activity, but they also have a range of other biological activities, including anti-HIV, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities.

In plants, evidence of the role of chitinolytic enzymes as chemical defense agents against fungi is corroborated by the coordinated induction of those enzymes in response to pathogen invasion (Gooday et al. 1992; Ma et al. 2009), the inhibition of fungal spore germination and mycelial growth, and their ability to hydrolyze fungal cell walls (Arlorio et al. 1992; Schlumbaum et al. 1986).

Avidin proteins has been proposed to function as plant defense agents against insect pests.

They are powerful defense agents that are currently being use to genetically enhance cereals susceptible to endemic disease and insect pests [ 43].

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a common byproduct of cellular metabolism and are used by cells for signal transduction and as defense agents against pathogens.

These suggest that proteins related to energy storage play multifaceted roles as nutrients, defense agents and building blocks of the larval body to boost the normal development of larvae, which is in line with the previous reports [ 3, 32].

The civil defense agent showed a risk map of São Luiz, and compared the different cartographies.

Both in Cunha and in São Luiz, there is only one local civil defense agent to monitor the hazards or who possesses data and information about risk mapping.

The whole community depends on this single civil defense agent to carry out activities based on the four interrelated elements of EWS, as well as to put into effect the recommendations of the people-centered approach.

This protein functions as a defense agent against oxidative damage and could well be a reflection of the production and activity of G. graminis LOX (Missall and Lodge [2005]).

It is therefore useful as a defense agent against oxidative stress [ 37].