Univalent binding of the Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis to a conserved structural motif in the cadherin receptor BT-R1

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 10001-10007

  Griko, Natalya B ^a,b   Rose Young, Laura ^a,b   Zhang, Xuebin ^a,b   Carpenter, Lindy ^c   Candas, Mehmet ^b   Ibrahim, Mohamed A ^a,b   Junker, Matthew ^c   Bulla Jr , Lee A ^a,b  

^a Biological Targets Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1AB TOXIN; MIDGUT EPITHELIUM; STRUCTURAL MOTIF; TOBACCO HORNWORM MANDUCA SEXTA;

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CADHERIN; CADHERIN RECEPTOR BT R 1; CRY1AB TOXIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MANDUCA; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 34548484816     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700769s     Document Type: Article

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