Role of tryptophan residues in toxicity of Cry1Ab toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 901-907

  Padilla, Cristopher ^a   Pardo López, Liliana ^a   De La Riva, Gustavo ^a   Gómez, Isabel ^a   Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Hernandez, Georgina ^a   Nuñez, Maria Eugenia ^b   Carey, Marianne P ^c   Dean, Donald H ^d   Alzate, Oscar ^e   Soberón, Mario ^a   Bravo, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INSECTICIDES; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

CRY PROTOXINS; PARASPORAL CRYSTALS; SPORULATION PHASE; TRYPTOPFAAN RESIDUES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; CYSTEINE; INSECTICIDE; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL; MEMBRANE; MUTAGENICITY; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MICROVILLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 33644858252     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.901-907.2006     Document Type: Article

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