Enhanced expression of cryIA(a) gene of Bacillus thuringiensis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 306-308

  Udayasuriyan, Varatharajalu ^a,b   Nakamura, Akira ^a   Masaki, Haruhiko ^a   Uozumi, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; cry gene expression; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029859089     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)88824-6     Document Type: Article

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