Functional complementation of nontoxic mutant binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus 1593M generated by site-directed mutagenesis.

doi:10.1128/AEM.64.2.756-759.1998

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Functional complementation of nontoxic mutant binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus 1593M generated by site-directed mutagenesis.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 1998

Shanmugavelu M, Rajamohan F, Kathirvel M, Elangovan G, Dean D H, Jayaraman K

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Alanine residues were substituted by site-directed mutagenesis at selected sites of the N- and C-terminal regions of the binary toxin (51- and 42-kDa peptides) of B. sphaericus 1593M, and the mutant toxins were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Bioassays with mosquito larvae, using binary...

Topics

Animals
Bacillus
Bacterial Toxins
Culicidae
Molecular Weight
Mosquito Control
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Mutation
Structure-Activity Relationship

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