Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis svar. israelensis Cry toxins with binding sites from Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae midgut

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-169

  De Barros Moreira Beltrão, Henrique ^a   Silva Filha, Maria Helena Neves Lobo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cry11Aa; Cry4Aa; Cry4Ba; Processing; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISRAELENSIS TOXIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; IODINE 125;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; IC 50; LARVA; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33845675835     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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