Genomic organization of the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. berliner 1715

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1625-1634

  Carlson, Cathrine Rein ^a   Johansen, Trine ^a   Lecadet, Marguerite M ^b   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal genes; Physical mapping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Transposon

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029991640     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1625     Document Type: Article

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