Ubiquity of parasporin-1 producers in Bacillus thuringiensis natural populations of Japan

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Uemori, Akiko ^a   Maeda, Minoru ^b   Yasutake, Koichi ^a   Ohgushi, Akira ^a   Kagoshima, Kumiko ^a   Mizuki, Eiichi ^c   Ohba, Michio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Parasporin; Proteins

Indexed keywords

PARASPORIN 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CANCER; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTEIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODIFFUSION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHEEP; UBIQUITINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33845786007     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0153-7     Document Type: Article

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