Tightly bound binary toxin in the cell wall of Bacillus sphaericus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3300-3307

  Klein, Daniela ^a   Uspensky, Igor ^a   Braun, Sergei ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

CELL WALLS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LETHALITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL WALL; CULICIDAE; DRUG SYNERGISM; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT; LARVA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; UREA;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036305694     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.7.3300-3307.2002     Document Type: Article

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