Identification of residues in domain III of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin that affect binding and toxicity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4513-4520

  Lee, Mi Kyong ^a   You, Taek H ^a   Gould, Fred L ^b   Dean, Donald H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; GENE MUTATION; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXICITY;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; MANDUCA SEXTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0004098818     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4513-4520.1999     Document Type: Article

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