Purification and properties of a novel insecticidal protein from the locust pathogen Serratia marcescens HR-3

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Tao, Ke ^a   Long, Zhangfu ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Tao, Yong ^a   Liu, Shigui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOMER; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC DEPENDENT METALLOPROTEASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LETHAL DOSE; LOCUST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHELATING AGENTS; COENZYMES; EDETIC ACID; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENANTHROLINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORTHOPTERA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 31344445700     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0089-8     Document Type: Article

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