Novel Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin active against Locusta migratoria manilensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3227-3233

  Wu, Yan ^a   Lei, Cheng Feng ^a   Yi, Dan ^a   Liu, Peng Ming ^a   Gao, Mei Ying ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-TERMINAL REGION; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; C TERMINUS; CRY GENES; CRY PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENBANK; GENOME-WALKING; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; N-TERMINALS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SDS-PAGE; SEQUENCE IDENTITY; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CLONE; GENOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOCUST; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LOCUST; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MANILENSIS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79958201210     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02462-10     Document Type: Article

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