Signal sequence and promoter effects on the efficacy of toxin-expressing baculoviruses as biopesticides

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 320-332

  Lu, Albert ^a   Seshagiri, Somasekar ^a   Miller, Lois K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus; insect selective toxins; tox34

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PYEMOTES TRITICI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030444378     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0101     Document Type: Article

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