Mutagenesis of three surface-exposed loops of a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal toxin reveals residues important for toxicity, receptor recognition and possibly membrane insertion

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1617-1624

  Smedley, Damian P ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin; Competition binding assay; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE; METHIONINE; SULFUR 35;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING COMPETITION; BRUSH BORDER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0029993089     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1617     Document Type: Article

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