Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins with Larval Midgut Binding Sites of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1378-1384

  Estela, Anna ^a   Escriche, Baltasar ^a   Ferré, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

TOXINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGGLUTININ; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; EPITOPE; LECTIN; PROTEIN CRY1AB; PROTEIN CRY1AC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; EVOLUTION; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; KINETICS; LARVA; LECTINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642294952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1378-1384.2004     Document Type: Article

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