Lectin activity of Bacillus thuringiensis parasporal inclusion proteins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 415-421

  Akao, Tetsuyuki ^a   Mizuki, Eiichi ^a   Yamashita, Satoko ^a   Saitoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohba, Michio ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Haemagglutination activity; Lectin; N Acetylgalactosamine; Parasporal inclusion protein; Sheep erythrocyte

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; HEMAGGLUTININ; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SOIL; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LECTINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032823990     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00444-9     Document Type: Article

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