Cadherin binding is not a limiting step for Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cry4Ba toxicity to Aedes aegypti larvae

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 443, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 711-717

  Rodríguez Almazán, Claudia ^a   Reyes, Esmeralda Z ^a   Zúñiga Navarrete, Fernando ^a   Muñoz Garay, Carlos ^a   Gómez, Isabel ^a   Evans, Amy M ^b   Likitvivatanavong, Supaporn ^b   Bravo, Alejandra ^a   Gill, Sarjeet S ^b   Soberón, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cadherin; Cry toxin; Pore forming toxin; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CADHERIN; CRY11AA TOXIN; CRY4AA TOXIN; CRY4BA TOXIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; LIPID VESICLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADHERINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84860159665     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111579     Document Type: Article

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