Targeted mutagenesis at charged residues in Bacillus sphaericus BinA toxin affects mosquito-larvicidal activity

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-234

  Sanitt, Poohrawind ^a   Promdonkoy, Boonhiang ^b   Boonserm, Panadda ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BIN A TOXIN; BIN B TOXIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULICIDAE; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 48349098855     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9180-2     Document Type: Article

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