THE TOXICITY OF 2 BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS DELTA-ENDOTOXINS TO GYPSY-MOTH LARVAE IS INVERSELY RELATED TO THE AFFINITY OF BINDING-SITES ON MIDGUT BRUSH-BORDER MEMBRANES FOR THE TOXINS

被引:95
作者
WOLFERSBERGER, MG
机构
[1] Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, 19122, (Pennsylvania
来源
EXPERIENTIA | 1990年 / 46卷 / 05期
关键词
Lymantria dispar; Membrane vesicles;
D O I
10.1007/BF01954236
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki strain HD1-9 is almost 400 times more potent than the δ-endotoxin from strain HD-73 as a gypsy moth larvicide. The two δ-endotoxins compete for a high-affinity binding site on the brush border membrane of larval gypsy moth midguts. The affinity for the δ-endotoxin from strain HD-73 is much greater than the affinity for the δ-endotoxin from strain HD1-9. © 1990 Birkhäuser Verlag.
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