Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Toxins in Insect Hemolymph and Their Neurotoxicity in Brain Cells of Lymantria dispar

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3923-3927

  Cerstiaens, Anja ^a   Verleyen, Peter ^a   Van Rie, Jeroen ^b   Van Kerkhove, Emmy ^c   Schwartz, Jean Louis ^d   Laprade, Raynald ^d   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; HEMOLYMPH; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DIPTERA; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYMPH; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; NEURONS;

EID: 0035458408     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3923-3927.2001     Document Type: Article

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