Correlative effect on the toxicity of three surface-exposed loops in the receptor-binding domain of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Khaokhiew, Tararat ^a   Angsuthanasombat, Chanan ^a   Promptmas, Chamras ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Double loop mutants; In situ binding analysis; Mosquito larvicidal activity

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CARBONIC ACID; CRY1AB TOXIN; PROTOXIN; TRYPSIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LARVA; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SOLUBILIZATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349686693     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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