Molecular approaches to improve the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis cry toxins

Toxins

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2393-2423

  Lucena, Wagner A ^a,b,c   Pelegrini, Patrícia B ^c   Martins de Sa, Diogo ^c,d   Fonseca, Fernando C A ^c,d   Gomes Jr , Jose E ^c,d   de Macedo, Leonardo L P ^c,e   da Silva, Maria Cristina M ^c   Sampaio, Raquel ^c,e   Grossi de Sa, Maria F ^c,e  

^a EMBRAPA ALGODÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Cry toxins; Display; DNA shuffling; Evolution; In silico studies; Insect pests; Phage; Specific mutation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; CRY1AC TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BEETLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA SHUFFLING; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INSECT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS;

EID: 84926126882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6082393     Document Type: Review

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