In vivo identification of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba toxin receptors by RNA interference knockdown of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked aminopeptidase N transcripts in Aedes aegypti larvae

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 407, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-713

  Saengwiman, Suchada ^a   Aroonkesorn, Aratee ^a   Dedvisitsakul, Plaipol ^a   Sakdee, Somsri ^a   Leetachewa, Somphob ^a   Angsuthanasombat, Chanan ^a   Pootanakit, Kusol ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aminopeptidase N; Cry4Ba endotoxin; RNA interference; Toxin receptor

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN CRY4BA TOXIN RECEPTOR; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOTOXINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955016662     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.085     Document Type: Article

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