Bacillus thuringiensis Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1 Interactions with Western Corn Rootworm Midgut Membrane Binding Sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Huarong ^a   Olson, Monica ^a   Lin, Gaofeng ^a   Hey, Timothy ^a   Tan, Sek Yee ^a   Narva, Kenneth E ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY34AB1 PROTEIN; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY35AB1 PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; IODINE 125; PROTEIN CRY3AA; PROTEIN CRY6AA; PROTEIN CRY8BA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; BINDING SITES; ENDOTOXINS; HALOGENATION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871912933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053079     Document Type: Article

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