38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology

August 7-11, 2005  Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A
   

Bacteria Division Symposium

TOXIN-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS AND MODE OF ACTION
Organizers: Mario Soberon and Jeroen van Rie

Vincent Vachon, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Influence of the physico-chemical and biochemical environment on the kinetics of pore formation by Cry toxins

Mike Adang, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Comparisons of Bt receptors and applications for pest insect control

Alejandra Bravo, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Morelos, Mexico
Structural and functional analysis of the pre-pore and membrane inserted pore of Cry1A toxins

Sarjeet Gill, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, USA
Toxin binding site of the Heliothis virescens cadherin