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Table 2 Biotoxicity assays of Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa mutant proteins against 2nd instar larvae of Spodoptera litura

From: Site-directed mutagenesis in Cry proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis to demonstrate the role of domain II and domain III in toxicity enhancement toward Spodoptera litura

Treatments (µg/g)

LC50 valuesa

95% Confidence limits

Slope ± SE

X2

LL

UL

Cry1Ac/pGEM

248.120

178.089

607.361

1.608 ± .476

0.553

Cry1-L588A (M1)

249.842

185.649

514.620

1.856 ± .506

1.257

Cry1-L588A (M2)

249.294

193.585

429.468

2.269 ± .556

1.09

Cry1-L588A (M3)

249.539

191.650

443.347

2.152 ± .534

0.675

Cry1-S573A (M1)

248.528

180.710

568.758

1.692 ± .486

0.553

Cry1-S573A (M2)

248.485

183.132

533.895

1.785 ± .499

1.741

Cry1-S573A (M3)

248.669

189.444

456.132

2.065 ± .525

0.439

Cry2Aa/pGEM

169.195

121.185

302.855

1.450 ± .442

0.320

Cry2-Thr325A (M1)

168.763

126.397

265.461

1.672 ± .452

0.157

Cry2-Thr325A (M2)

168.720

121.243

298.467

1.464 ± .442

0.359

Cry2-Thr325A (M3)

168.055

133.038

295.122

1.646 ± .453

0.565

Cry2-S445A (M1)

167.581

130.924

237.658

1.974 ± .466

0.408

Cry2-S445A (M2)

167.232

126.704

254.069

1.746 ± .454

0.581

Cry2-S445A (M3)

167.628

135.007

223.489

2.280 ± .490

1.023

  1. LC50: Lethal concentration at 50% mortality; aµg of purified protein per gram diet; LL-UL: lower and upper limits of the LC50 at p = 0.05; χ2: Chi-square value with four degrees of freedom