In vitro uptake of 140 kDa Bacillus thuringiensis nematicidal crystal proteins by the second stage juvenile of Meloidogyne hapla

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Fengjuan ^a   Peng, Donghai ^a   Ye, Xiaobo ^a   Yu, Ziquan ^a   Hu, Zhenfei ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRY55AA; PROTEIN CRY5BA; PROTEIN CRY6AA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE HAPLA; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; RESORCINOLS; RHODAMINES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENES; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 84862644866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038534     Document Type: Article

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