Optimised expression in Escherichia coli and purification of the functional form of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Aa δ-endotoxin

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 397-403

  Boonserm, Panadda ^a   Pornwiroon, Walairat ^a   Katzenmeier, Gerd ^a   Panyim, Sakol ^a   Angsuthanasombat, Chanan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Interhelical cleavage; Larvicidal activity; Mutagenesis; Size exclusion chromatography; Toxin inclusion

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2642583349     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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