Secreted proteases from Photorhabdus luminescens: Separation of the extracellular proteases from the insecticidal Tc toxin complexes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  Bowen, D ^a   Blackburn, M ^a   Rocheleau, T ^a   Grutzmacher, C ^a   Ffrench Constant, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal toxins; Photorhabdus luminescens; Proteases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; INSECT VENOM; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE TARGETING; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORHABDUS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0033982151     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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