Marginal cross-resistance to mosquitocidal Bacillus thuringiensis strains in Cry11A-resistant larvae: Presence of Cry11A-like toxins in these strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-424

  Cheong, Hosun ^a   Dhesi, Roopvinder K ^a   Gill, Sarjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cross resistance; Cry11A; Cry11B; Mosquito; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; CROSS RESISTANCE; CULEX; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 0030789589     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00283-8     Document Type: Article

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