Cytotoxic activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins on mammalian cells transfected with cadherin-like Cry receptor gene of Bombyx mori (silkworm)

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 697-703

  Tsuda, Yoko ^a   Nakatani, Fumiki ^a   Hashimoto, Keiko ^a   Ikawa, Satoshi ^a   Matsuura, Chikako ^a   Fukada, Takashi ^a   Sugimoto, Kenji ^a   Himeno, Michio ^a,b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endotoxin; Cry toxin; Cytotoxicity assay

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CELLS; TOXICITY;

CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CADHERIN LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BTR175; PROTEIN CRY; PROTEIN CRY1AA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SWELLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BOMBYX; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037325412     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20021401     Document Type: Article

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