Membrane insertion of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin: Single mutation in domain II block partitioning of the toxin into the brush border membrane

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5814-5822

  Nair, Manoj S ^a   Xinyan, Sylvia Liu ^a   Dean, Donald H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MUTAGENESIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY1AB TOXIN; MEMBRANE INSERTION;

BACTERIA;

CRY1AB TOXIN; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRUSH BORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MEMBRANES; MICROVILLI; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 44349097642     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7014234     Document Type: Article

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