Aggregation of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A toxins upon binding to target insect larval midgut vesicles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2503-2507

  Aronson, Arthur I ^a   Geng, Chaoxian ^a   Wu, Lan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ENDOTOXIN; ION CHANNEL; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL INCLUSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPOROGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; INSECTA; MANDUCA SEXTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032976138     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2503-2507.1999     Document Type: Article

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