Loop residues of the receptor binding domain of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11Ba toxin are important for mosquitocidal activity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2021-2030

  Likitvivatanavong, Supaporn ^a   Aimanova, Karlygash G ^a   Gill, Sarjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry11Ba toxin; Larvicidal activity; Loop regions; Mutagenesis; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CADHERIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN CRY11BA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; LARVA; MEMBRANE BINDING; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CULEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROVILLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 67349227136     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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