Dominant negative mutants of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin function as anti-toxins: Demonstration of the role of oligomerization in toxicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Rodríguez Almazán, Claudia ^a   Zavala, Luis Enrique ^a   Muñoz Garay, Carlos ^a   Jiménez Juárez, Nuria ^a   Pacheco, Sabino ^a   Masson, Luke ^b   Soberón, Mario ^a   Bravo, Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; DOMINANT NEGATIVE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LIPID BILAYERS; MANDUCA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 65849141019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005545     Document Type: Article

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