Aedes aegypti cadherin serves as a putative receptor of the Cry11Aa toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-200

  Chen, Jianwu ^a   Aimanova, Karlygash G ^a   Fernandez, Luisa E ^b   Bravo, Alejandra ^b   Soberon, Mario ^b   Gill, Sarjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Binding affinity; Cadherin; Cry11Aa toxin; Midgut; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TOXINS; AEDES AEGYPTI; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; APICAL MEMBRANES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS; BINDING AFFINITIES; CADHERIN PROTEINS; CRY11AA; DENATURING CONDITIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HIGH AFFINITY; IMMUNOBLOTS; LEPIDOPTERAN INSECTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TOXIN BINDING; TOXIN RECEPTORS;

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIOLOGY; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CADHERIN; CRY11AA TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY4A TOXIN; CRY4B TOXIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; ENDOTOXINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70450205302     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090730     Document Type: Article

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