title: Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of an insecticidal crystal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai HD-133.
abstract: Using a gene probe derived from the cloned var. sotto insecticidal crystal protein (ICP) gene, we have cloned a Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai HD-133 ICP gene in Escherichia coli. The gene encodes a polypeptide that is toxic to Lepidoptera in vivo and in vitro. The protein is expressed at a level sufficient to produce phase-bright inclusions in recombinant E. coli strains, and these inclusions can be partially purified using discontinuous sucrose density gradients. Immunoblotting shows that the inclusions contain a 135 kDa polypeptide which reacts strongly with antiserum raised against the B. thuringiensis var. kurstaki HD-1 P1 polypeptide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Chak
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ellar
mesh_terms: D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics*; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004731:Endotoxins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis