New gene from nine Bacillus sphaericus strains encoding highly conserved 35.8-kilodalton mosquitocidal toxins

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2174-2176

  Liu, Jian Wei ^a   Porter, Alan G ^a   Wee, Boon Yu ^a   Thanabalu, Thirumaran ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE ISOLATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029949981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2174-2176.1996     Document Type: Article

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