Txp40, a ubiquitous insecticidal toxin protein from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1653-1662

  Brown, S E ^a   Cao, A T ^a   Dobson, P ^a   Hines, E R ^a   Akhurst, R J ^a   East, P D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; GENES; INSECTICIDES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FAT BODY; PHOTORHABDUS BACTERIA; TXP40; XENORHABDUS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TXP40 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

INSECTICIDE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FAT BODY; FLY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INSECT CELL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; MAMMAL CELL; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TXP40 GENE; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAT BODY; GENES, BACTERIAL; INSECTS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORHABDUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 33144456005     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1653-1662.2006     Document Type: Article

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