Role of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin domains in toxicity and receptor binding in the diamondback moth

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1900-1903

  Ballester, V ^a   Granero, F ^a   De Maagd, R A ^b   Bosch, D ^b   Mensua J L ^a   Ferre J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MIDGUT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032903969     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1900-1903.1999     Document Type: Article

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