Single cysteine substitution in Bacillus thuringiensis Cry7Ba1 improves the crystal solubility and produces toxicity to Plutella xylostella larvae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2820-2831

  Peng, Donghai ^a   Wang, Fenshan ^a   Li, Nisha ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Song, Rong ^a   Zhu, Zimin ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PH; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 80053634348     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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