Proteolytic processing of Bacillus thuringiensis CryIIIA toxin and specific binding to brush-border membrane vesicles of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle)

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-122

  Martinez Ramirez A C ^a   Real, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0030087582     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pest.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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