Engineering Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt1Aa toxin specificity from dipteran to lepidopteran toxicity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Torres Quintero, Mary Carmen ^a   Gómez, Isabel ^a   Pacheco, Sabino ^a   Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Flores, Humberto ^a   Osuna, Joel ^a   Mendoza, Gretel ^a   Soberón, Mario ^a   Bravo, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PROCEDURES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOTHS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 85044418520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22740-9     Document Type: Article

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