Improving Cry8Ka toxin activity towards the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oliveira, Gustavo R ^c,g   Silva, Maria C M ^c   Lucena, Wagner A ^b,c,e   Nakasu, Erich Y T ^c   Firmino, Alexandre A P ^c,e   Beneventi, Magda A ^c   Souza, Djair S L ^a   Gomes Jr, José E ^a,c   de Souza Jr, José D A ^a,c   Rigden, Daniel J ^d   Ramos, Hudson B ^a   Soccol, Carlos R ^g   Grossi de Sa, Maria F ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ALGODÃO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cotton; DNA shuffling; Molecular modeling; Phage display

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODELING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; DNA SHUFFLING; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PHAGE DISPLAY SCREENING;

COTTON;

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

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COTTON; CRY8KA1 GENE; DNA SHUFFLING; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WEEVIL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA SHUFFLING; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WEEVILS;

EID: 80052604671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-85     Document Type: Article

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