Cloning and expression of the first anaerobic toxin gene from Clostridium bifermentans subsp. malaysia, encoding a new mosquitocidal protein with homologies to Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3099-3105

  Barloy, Frédérique ^a   Delécluse, Armelle ^a   Nicolas, Luc ^a   Lecadet, Marguerite M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029950578     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3099-3105.1996     Document Type: Article

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