Crystal structure of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry8Ea1: An insecticidal toxin toxic to underground pests, the larvae of Holotrichia parallela

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-266

  Guo, Shuyuan ^a,b   Ye, Sheng ^c   Liu, Yanfeng ^b   Wei, Lei ^c   Xue, Jing ^b   Wu, Hongfu ^b   Song, Fuping ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Wu, Xiaoai ^c   Huang, Dafang ^b   Rao, Zihe ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioinsecticide; Cry protein; Crystal structure

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY8EA1 TOXIN; INSECT VENOM; INSECTICIDE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LARVA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; HOLOTRICHIA PARALLELA;

EID: 70349617068     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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