Exposing cryptic antibacterial activity in Cyt1Ca from Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis by genetic manipulations

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1775-1782

  Itsko, Mark ^a   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytolytic proteins; Microgene polymerization reaction; Multiple repeated motif; Toxicity restoration

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TOXICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247095627     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.064     Document Type: Article

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