Mutations of loop 2 and loop 3 residues in domain II of Bacillus thuringiensis cry1c δ-endotoxin affect insecticidal specificity and initial binding to Spodoptera littoralis and Aedes aegypti midgut membranes

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-98

  Abdul Rauf, Munah ^a,b   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRUSH BORDER; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; GENE MUTATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0032780376     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900425     Document Type: Article

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