Demonstration of a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin in a noninsecticidal Bacillus sphaericus strain and evidence for widespread distribution of the toxin within the species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  From, Cecilie ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a   Hardy, Simon P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Cholesterol dependent cytolysin; Haemolysin; Insecticidal toxins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL DEPENDENT CYTOLYSIN; CYTOLYSIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HORSES; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; VERO CELLS;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS;

EID: 47849083269     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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