Cloning and analysis of the first cry gene from Bacillus popilliae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4336-4341

  Zhang, Jianbing ^a   Hodgman, T Charles ^b   Krieger, Lutz ^a   Schnetter, Wolfgang ^a   Schairer, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; MELOLONTHA MELOLONTHA; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE;

EID: 0030811370     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4336-4341.1997     Document Type: Article

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