Identification and molecular structural prediction analysis of a toxicity determinant in the Bacillus sphaericus crystal larvicidal toxin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2751-2760

  Yuan, Zhiming ^a,b,d   Rang, Cécile ^a   Maroun, Rachid C ^b   Juárez Pérez, Victor ^a,b   Frutos, Roger ^a   Pasteur, Nicole ^c   Vendrely, Charlotte ^b   Charles, Jean François ^b   Nielsen LeRoux, Christina ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bio pesticide; Crystal toxin receptor; Culex; Structural prediction analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; LEUCINE; M PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BINA1; PROTEIN BINA2; PROTEIN BINA3; PROTEIN BINA4; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CULEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034854304     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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