Amino acid substitutions in αA and αC of Cyt2Aa2 alter hemolytic activity and mosquito-larvicidal specificity

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-293

  Promdonkoy, Boonhiang ^a   Rungrod, Amporn ^a   Promdonkoy, Patcharee ^a   Pathaichindachote, Wanwarang ^a   Krittanai, Chartchai ^b   Panyim, Sakol ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cyt toxin; Hemolytic; Larvicidal protein; Mosquito; Specificity determinant

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LARVICIDAL PROTEINS; MOSQUITOES; SPECIFICITY DETERMINANT;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYT TOXIN; CYT2AA2 TOXIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL INCLUSION; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEMOLYSIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CULICIDAE; ENDOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHEEP; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR DARMSTADIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 37448999135     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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