Study of the δ-endotoxins produced by three recently isolated strains of Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-354

  Jaoua, Samir ^a   Zouari, Nabil ^a   Tounsi, Slim ^a   Ellouz, Radhouane ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; cry gene; plasmid; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

EID: 0030589694     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00430-2     Document Type: Article

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