Activation of a cryptic crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki by gene fusion and determination of the crystal protein insecticidal specificity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 2087-2094

  Dankocsik, C ^a   Donovan, W P ^a   Jany, C S ^a  

^a Ecogen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0025632977     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00569.x     Document Type: Article

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