Production of chymotrypsin-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Aal δ-endotoxin by protein engineering

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4601-4605

  Audtho, Mongkon ^a   Valaitis, Algimantas P ^b   Alzate, Oscar ^a   Dean, Donald H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOTOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LARVA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032877662     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4601-4605.1999     Document Type: Article

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