The amino- and carboxyl-terminal fragments of the Bacillus thuringensis Cyt1Aa toxin have differential roles in toxin oligomerization and pore formation

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-396

  Rodriguez Almazan, Claudia ^a   Ruiz De Escudero, Iñigo ^b   Cantón, Pablo Emiliano ^a   Muñoz Garay, Carlos ^a   Pérez, Claudia ^a   Gill, Sarjeet S ^c   Soberón, Mario ^a   Bravo, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BLACK FLIES; C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; CARBOXYL-TERMINAL; CYTOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; DOMINANT NEGATIVE; HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIPID MEMBRANES; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MEMBRANE-FORMING; MODE OF ACTION; N-AND C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; N-TERMINALS; OUTER LAYER; PORE FORMATION; RED BLOOD CELL;

BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD; CELLS; HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYT1AA TOXIN; LIPOSOME; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 78751498350     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi101239r     Document Type: Article

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