Properties of three baculovirus-expressing genes that encode insect- selective toxins: μ-Aga-IV, As II, and Sh I

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-244

  Prikhod'ko, Grigori G ^a   Robson, Moyra ^a   Warmke, Jeffrey W ^b   Cohen, Charles J ^b   Smith, McHardy M ^b   Wang, Peiyi ^b   Warren, Vivian ^b   Kaczorowski, Gregory ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Lex H T ^b   Miller, Lois K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AGELENOPSIS APERTA; ANEMONE; ANEMONIA SULCATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0030272910     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0089     Document Type: Article

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