Resistance of Helicoverpa armigera to Cry1Ac toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis is due to improper processing of the protoxin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 419, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Rajagopal, Raman ^a   Arora, Naresh ^a   Sivakumar, Swaminathan ^a   Rao, Nagarjun G V ^b   Nimbalkar, Sharad A ^b   Bhatnagar, Raj K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^b Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth   (India)

Author keywords

Cry 1Ac; Insect; Insecticide; Pest management; Toxin; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

CRY 1AC; INSECT; PEST MANAGEMENT; TOXIN; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; CRY2AB TOXIN; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA SERINE PROTEINASE 2; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN; INTESTINE ENZYME; PROTOXIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTESTINE; LC 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYMOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 64249100645     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081152     Document Type: Article

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