Domain III of the Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin Cry1Ac is involved in binding to Manduca sexta brush border membranes and to its purified aminopeptidase N

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 463-471

  De Maagd, Ruud A ^a   Bakker, Petra L ^a   Masson, Luke ^b   Adang, Michael J ^c   Sangadala, Sreedhara ^c   Stiekema, Willem ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MANDUCA; MICROVILLI; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 0032937987     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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