Bacillus thuringiensis DB27 produces two novel protoxins, Cry21Fa1 and Cry21Ha1, which act synergistically against nematodes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3266-3275

  Iatsenko, Igor ^a   Boichenko, Iuliia ^b   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Department of Protein Evolution ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; PURIFIED PROTEIN; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIUM; BIOPESTICIDE; GENOME; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; PROTEIN; SIGNALING; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

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

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899082150     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00464-14     Document Type: Article

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