Structure of the mosquitocidal δ-endotoxin CytB from Bacillus thuringiensis sp. kyushuensis and implications for membrane pore formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-152

  Li, Jade ^a   Koni, Pandelakis A ^b,c   Ellar, David J ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic beta sheet; Conformational change; CytA; Cytolytic toxin; Proteolytic activation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0029669956     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0152     Document Type: Article

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