Cadherin fragments from Anopheles gambiae synergize Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba's toxicity against Aedes aegypti larvae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7280-7282

  Park, Youngjin ^a   Hua, Gang ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Amir F ^c   Rahman, Khalidur ^a   Adang, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b InsectiGen Inc ^*  (United States)

^c InsectiGen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS; BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANES; CADHERIN; EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS; HIGH AFFINITY;

TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOTIN; CADHERIN; PEPTIDE; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN CR11; PROTEIN CR9; PROTEIN CRY3; PROTEIN CRY4BA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CALCIUM; INHIBITION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY TEST;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING ASSAY; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSPECIES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA;

EID: 70449457241     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01870-09     Document Type: Article

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