Purification and characterization of a chimeric Cry1F δ-endotoxin expressed in transgenic cotton plants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 829-835

  Gao, Yong ^a   Fencil, Kristin J ^a   Xu, Xiaoping ^a   Schwedler, Debbie A ^a   Gilbert, Jeffrey R ^a   Herman, Rod A ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1F(synpro); Insect resistance; Protein purification and characterization; Transgenic cotton; Truncation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TRYPSIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRYPSIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33244498029     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0523869     Document Type: Article

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