Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins on the membrane potential of lepidopteran insect midgut cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1679-1684

  Peyronnet, Olivier ^a   Vachon, Vincent ^a   Brousseau, Roland ^b   Baines, Danica ^c   Schwartz, Jean Louis ^a,b   Laprade, Raynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030942329     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1679-1684.1997     Document Type: Article

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