Partial purification and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A toxin receptor A from Heliothis virescens and cloning of the corresponding cDNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4760-4766

  Oltean, Daniela I ^a   Pullikuth, Ashok K ^a,b   Lee, Hyun Ku ^a   Gill, Sarjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INSECT PROTEIN; LECTIN; POLYAMINOACID; RECEPTOR; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BRUSH BORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WORM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS;

EID: 0032746989     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.4760-4766.1999     Document Type: Article

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