Contribution of Bacillus thuringiensis spores to toxicity of purified cry proteins towards indianmeal moth larvae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Johnson, Donovan E ^a   McGaughey, William H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0029936132     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900074     Document Type: Article

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