Functional significance of loops in the receptor binding domain of Bacillus thuringiensis CryIIIA δ-endotoxin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 628-640

  Wu, Sheng Jiun ^a   Dean, Donald H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush border membrane vesicles; Insecticidal crystal proteins; Protein engineering; Site directed mutagenesis; endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0029869450     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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