Effects of disulfide bridges in domain I of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa δ-endotoxin on ion-channel formation in biological membranes

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 13597-13605

  Alzate, O ^a,b,c   You, T ^a,d   Claybon, M ^a   Osorio, C ^a   Curtiss, A ^a   Dean, D H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECNOLÓGICO DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; LIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIUM BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXINS; INSECT MIDGUT MEMBRANES; PENKNIFE AND UMBRELLA MODELS;

PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; DISULFIDE; ION CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BOMBYX; DISULFIDES; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; ION CHANNELS; MANDUCA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33751008673     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061474z     Document Type: Article

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