Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin Cry1C domain III can function as a specificity determinant for Spodoptera exigua in different, but not all, Cry1-Cry1C hybrids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1559-1563

  De Maagd, Ruud A ^a   Weemen Hendriks, Mieke ^a   Stiekema, Willem ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPODOPTERA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0034114535     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1559-1563.2000     Document Type: Article

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