Mosquitocidal toxins, genes and bacteria: The hit squad

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Porter, Allan G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

BACILLUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0029990335     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10013-2     Document Type: Review

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