Influence of the 20-kDa protein from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis on the rate of production of truncated Cry1C proteins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Rang, Cécile ^a   Bes, Martine ^a   Lullien Pellerin, Valérie ^b   Wu, Dong ^c   Federici, Brian A ^c   Frutos, Roger ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1C; Molecular chaperone; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0030222056     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00232-7     Document Type: Article

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