Identification of amino acids required for receptor binding and toxicity of the Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Singkhamanan, Kamonnut ^a   Promdonkoy, Boonhiang ^b   Chaisri, Urai ^a   Boonserm, Panadda ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Binary toxin; BinB; Mutagenesis; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINA PROTEIN; BINARY TOXIN; BINB PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LARVICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BINB PROTEIN, BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BACILLUS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CULEX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 74349096010     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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