Different domains of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxins can bind to insect midgut membrane proteins on ligand blots

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2753-2757

  De Maagd, Ruud A ^a   Van Der Klei, Hilde ^a   Bakker, Petra L ^a   Stiekema, Willem J ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM CELL; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029765446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2753-2757.1996     Document Type: Article

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