Cyt1 Ca from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis: Production in Escherichia coli and comparison of its biological activities with those of other Cyt-like proteins

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2651-2659

  Manasherob, Robert ^a   Itsko, Mark ^a   Sela Baranes, Nadine ^a   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a   Berry, Colin ^b   Cohen, Shmuel ^a,c   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; NICKEL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; TREFOIL PEPTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ISRAELENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; DIPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOTUS; OVIS ARIES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 33748797681     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28981-0     Document Type: Article

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