A recombinant truncated Cry1Ca protein is toxic to lepidopteran insects and forms large cuboidal crystals in insect cells

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-292

  Aguiar, Raimundo W S ^a   Martins, Érica S ^a,b   Valicente, Fernando H ^c   Carneiro, Newton P ^c   Batista, Andréia C ^b   Melatti, Viviane M ^b   Monnerat, Rose G ^b   Ribeiro, Bergmann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1CA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOASSAY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; INSECT CELL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA MNPV; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33749005075     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0502-3     Document Type: Article

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