Signaling versus punching hole: How do Bacillus thuringiensis toxins kill insect midgut cells?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1337-1349

  Soberon M ^a   Gill, S S ^b   Bravo, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry toxin resistance; Cry toxins; Oligomerization; Pore formation; Signal transduction; Toxin receptors

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CADHERIN; CADHERIN RECEPTOR; CRY TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BETA SHEET; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CELL STRAIN COS7; COLEOPTERA; INSECT CELL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INTESTINE CELL; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349236660     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8330-9     Document Type: Review

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