Unusual Proteolytic Processing of a δ-Endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Buibui by Larval Midgut-Juice of Anomala cuprea HOPE (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-540

  Sugimura, Masahiro ^a,b   Sato, Ryoichi ^a   Iwahana, Hidenori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomala cuprea; Bacillus thuringiensis; Midgut juice; Proteinase resistant fragment; endotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA CUPREA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JAPONENSIS; BOMBYX; COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0002597384     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.533     Document Type: Article

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