Partial restoration of antibacterial activity of the protein encoded by a cryptic open reading frame (cyt1Ca) from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis by site-directed mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6379-6385

  Itsko, Mark ^a   Manasherob, Robert ^a,b   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN CYT1CA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 24944523268     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6379-6385.2005     Document Type: Article

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