Digestion of δ-Endotoxin by gut proteases may explain reduced sensitivity of advanced instar larvae of Spodoptera littoralis to CryIc

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-373

  Keller, Menachem ^a   Sneh, Baruch ^a   Strizhov, Nicolai ^b   Prudovsky, Evgenya ^a   Regev, Avital ^a   Koncz, Csaba ^b   Schell, Jeff ^b   Zilberstein, Aviah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; CryIC; Digestion; Gut endo proteases; inhibitors; Protease; Spodoptera littoralis; Endotoxin

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ENDOTOXIN; LEUPEPTIN; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINASE INHIBITION;

EID: 0030114708     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(95)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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