Essential role of tryptophan residues in toxicity of binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus

BMB Reports

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 674-679

  Kunthic, Thittaya ^a   Promdonkoy, Boonhiang ^b   Srikhirin, Toemsak ^c   Boonserm, Panadda ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Binary toxin; Calcein release; Langmuir blodgett; Membrane insertion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINB PROTEIN, BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; INSECTICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS;

EID: 84857703761     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2011.44.10.674     Document Type: Article

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