Construction and characterization of the interdomain chimeras using Cry11Aa and Cry11Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis and identification of a possible novel toxic chimera

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-111

  Sun, Yunjun ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Dasheng ^b   Ding, Xuezhi ^a   Wang, Jingfang ^a   Hu, Quanfang ^a   Yuan, Zhiming ^b   Park, Hyun Woo ^c,d   Xia, Liqiu ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chimeras; Cry11 toxins; Domain swapping; Mosquitocidal activity; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIMERAS; CRY11 TOXINS; DOMAIN SWAPPING; MOSQUITOCIDAL ACTIVITY; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESSENTIAL OILS; METABOLITES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY11BB PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84891648528     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1330-3     Document Type: Article

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