Identification and purification of the 69-kDa intracellular protease involved in the proteolytic processing of the crystal δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Reddy, Sreelatha T ^a   Kumar, N Suresh ^a   Venkateswerlu, G ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis; Intracellular protease; Metalloprotease

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; EDETIC ACID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033984398     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00631-X     Document Type: Article

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