Crystal structures of PirA and PirB toxins from Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. akhurstii K-1

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Purification, characterization and toxicity assessment of PirAB toxins from Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. akhurstii K-1

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A major conformational change of N‐terminal helices of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab insecticidal protein is necessary for membrane insertion and toxicity

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A structure-based nomenclature for Bacillus thuringiensis and other bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins

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Recent progress on the interaction between insects and Bacillus thuringiensis crops

(2019) Yutao Xiao et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structural Insights to the Heterotetrameric Interaction between the Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirAvp and PirBvp Toxins and Activation of the Cry-Like Pore-Forming Domain

(2019) Shin-Jen Lin et al.   Toxins

Identification of a native Bacillus thuringiensis strain from Sri Lanka active against Dipel-resistant Plutella xylostella

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Recent advancement on chemical arsenal of Bt toxin and its application in pest management system in agricultural field

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Recent advancement on chemical arsenal of Bt toxin and its application in pest management system in agricultural field

(2018) Pritam Chattopadhyay et al.   3 Biotech

PirAB protein from Xenorhabdus nematophila HB310 exhibits a binary toxin with insecticidal activity and cytotoxicity in Galleria mellonella

(2017) Qing Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The use of structural modelling to infer structure and function in biocontrol agents

(2017) Colin Berry et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Structural Insights into the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus PirAvp and PirBvp Toxins

(2017) Shin-Jen Lin et al.   Marine Drugs

Protein crystallography beamline (PX-BL21) at Indus-2 synchrotron

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(2015) Matteo Dal Peraro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The opportunistic marine pathogenVibrio parahaemolyticusbecomes virulent by acquiring a plasmid that expresses a deadly toxin

(2015) Chung-Te Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PirB-Cry2Aa hybrid protein exhibits enhanced insecticidal activity against Spodoptera exigua larvae

(2014) Xiaofeng Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

New Insight to Structure-Function Relationship of GalNAc Mediated Primary Interaction between Insecticidal Cry1Ac Toxin and HaALP Receptor of Helicoverpa armigera

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(2012) Alejandra Bravo et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Overview of theCCP4 suite and current developments

(2011) Martyn D. Winn et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Bacillus thuringiensisCry Toxins Bound Specifically to Various ProteinsviaDomain III, Which Had a Galactose-Binding Domain-Like Fold

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(2010) Wolfgang Kabsch   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

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Improved side-chain torsion potentials for the Amber ff99SB protein force field

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Toxins and Secretion Systems of Photorhabdus luminescens

(2010) Athina Rodou et al.   Toxins

MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography

(2009) Vincent B. Chen et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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(2009) Nick R. Waterfield et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

PirAB Toxin from Photorhabdus asymbiotica as a Larvicide against Dengue Vectors

(2009) A. Ahantarig et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens

(2009) Paul Wilkinson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Theoretical Three-dimensional Structure of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry5Aa and Its Biological Implications

(2009) Zhao Xin-Min et al.   PROTEIN JOURNAL

Investigating the Properties of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Proteins with Novel Loop Replacements Created Using Combinatorial Molecular Biology

(2008) C. R. Pigott et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

CHAINSAW: a program for mutating pdb files used as templates in molecular replacement

(2008) Norman Stein   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY