Mosquitocidal activity of the CryIC δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 680-684

  Smith, Geoffrey P ^a,b   Merrick, Julie D ^a,c   Bone, Eileen J ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0030048397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.680-684.1996     Document Type: Article

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