Development of a recombinant baculovirus expressing an insect-selective neurotoxin: Potential for pest control

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 848-852

  McCutchen, B F ^a   Choudary, P V ^a,b   Crenshaw, R ^c   Maddox, D ^c   Kamita, S G ^a   Palekar, N ^c   Volrath, S ^c   Fowler, E ^c   Hammock, B D ^a   Maeda, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Ciba Geigy Agric Biotech Res Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PEST CONTROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCORPION VENOMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFECTION;

INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0026317585     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0991-848     Document Type: Article

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