Bacillus thuringiensis metalloproteinase Bmp1 functions as a nematicidal virulence factor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 460-468

  Luo, Xiaoxia ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Huang, Qiong ^a   Zheng, Jinshui ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Peng, Donghai ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BODY WALLS; C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRY GENES; CRYSTAL PROTEINS; ELEGANS; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; METALLOPROTEINASE ACTIVITY; METALLOPROTEINASES; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; N-TERMINALS; NEMATICIDAL ACTIVITY; NEUTRAL PROTEASE; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THURINGIENSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES;

BACTERIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; STRAIN; TISSUE;

TOXICITY;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEMATICIDE; NEMATODE; PEPTIDE; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALLOPROTEASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84871905684     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02551-12     Document Type: Article

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