Structural and biophysical characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kelker, Matthew S ^a   Berry, Colin ^b   Evans, Steven L ^a   Pai, Reetal ^a   McCaskill, David G ^a   Wang, Nick X ^a   Russell, Joshua C ^a,e   Baker, Matthew D ^b   Yang, Cheng ^c   Pflugrath, J W ^c   Wade, Matthew ^d   Wess, Tim J ^d,f   Narva, Kenneth E ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RIGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Charles Sturt University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGEROLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINA; PROTEIN BINB; PROTEIN CRY34AB1; PROTEIN CRY35AB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ISOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOPHYSICS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYBRID; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MAIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84911372736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112555     Document Type: Article

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