A high homology exists in N-terminal amino acid sequences of δ-endotoxins between lepidoptera-specific and Coleoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 438-440

  Wasano, N ^a   Saitoh, H ^b   Ohba, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; STRAIN;

AMINO-ACIDS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; CRYSTAL PROTEINS; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; N-TERMINAL AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; N-TERMINALS; REFERENCE STRAINS; SEROVARS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0030944783     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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