A 50-kilodalton Cry2A peptide is lethal to Bombyx mori and Lymantria dispar

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4755-4757

  Ohsawa, Masataka ^a   Tanaka, Miki ^a   Moriyama, Kenta ^a   Shimazu, Mitsuaki ^b   Asano, Shin Ichiro ^c   Miyamoto, Kazuhisa ^d   Haginoya, Kohsuke ^a   Mitsui, Toshiaki ^a   Kouya, Tomoaki ^a   Taniguchi, Masayuki ^a   Hori, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; PEPTIDES;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HYDROLYSIS; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; PEPTIDE; PEST SPECIES; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROLYSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PEPTIDES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84864080085     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07123-11     Document Type: Article

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