Bacillus thuringiensis HD-73 spores have surface-localized Cry1Ac toxin: Physiological and pathogenic consequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3722-3726

  Du, Cheng ^a,b   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; DISULFIDE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029758940     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3722-3726.1996     Document Type: Article

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