The α-Helix 4 Residue, Asn135, Is Involved in the Oligomerization of Cry1Ac1 and Cry1Ab5 Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5715-5720

  Tigue, Natalie J ^a,b   Jacoby, Juliette ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENDOTOXINS; MANDUCA; MUTATION;

EID: 0035656776     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5715-5720.2001     Document Type: Article

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