Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip1Ac) of Bacillus thuringiensis HD201: Evidence for oligomer and channel formation

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 283-288

  Leuber, Michael ^a   Orlik, Frank ^a   Schiffler, Bettina ^a   Sickmann, Albert ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CELL CULTURE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OLIGOMERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADP-RIBOSYLATING TOXINS; ASYMMETRIC VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HIGH MOLECULAR MASS BAND;

PROTEINS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; OLIGOMER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 1AC;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS HD201; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 30144441867     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051351z     Document Type: Article

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