The mode of action of the Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3A differs from that of Cry1Ab sigma-endotoxin
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The authors have studied insecticidal protein Vip3A secreted by Bacillus thuringiensis during the growth. The protein's mode of action has been investigated via the use of Cry1Ab protein for comparison, and the results have demonstrated that Vip3A shares the same sigma-endotoxin with Cry1Ab but utilizes different molecular targets and forms distinct ion channels.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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An exocellular protein from the oil-degrading microbe Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 enhances the emulsifying activity of the polymeric bioemulsifier emulsan
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Research has been conducted on bioemulsifier emulsan produced by oil-degradong microbe Acinetobacter venetianus. Results demonstrate that protein fraction of emulsan complex can be replaced with the wild-type esterase recombinant or with mutant esterases with defective catalytic activity.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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In vivo tracking of Campylobacter jejuni by using a novel recombinant expressing green fluorescent protein
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Research has been conducted on Campylobacter jejuni outer membrane protein. The authors describe the construction of a plasmid-based reporter system with the gene expressed at high levels with the promoter for this protein.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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