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| Chapter title |
Insecticidal Toxin Complexes from Photorhabdus luminescens
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 55 |
| Book title |
The Molecular Biology of Photorhabdus Bacteria
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| Published in |
Current topics in microbiology and immunology, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/82_2016_55 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-952714-7, 978-3-31-952715-4
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| Authors |
Joel Sheets, Klaus Aktories, Sheets, Joel, Aktories, Klaus |
| Abstract |
Various bacterial toxins have potent insecticidal activity. Recently, the Toxin complexes (Tc's) of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus species have become an increased focus of current research. These large tripartite toxins with molecular masses >1.4 megadaltons consist of three components termed A, B, and C (or TcA, TcB, and TcC). While TcA is involved in receptor binding and toxin translocation, TcC possesses the specific toxin enzyme activity and TcB is a linker between components TcA and TcC. Here, a structure function analysis of the toxins is described and the application of Tc toxins as potential insecticides is discussed. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 17 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 12% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 6% |
| Researcher | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 41% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 29% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 18% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 47% |