Cloning, Expression and Toxicity of a Mosquitocidal Toxin Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Restrepo, Nora ^a   Gutierrez, Diana ^a   Patiño, Maria M ^a   Thiéry, Isabelle ^b   Delécluse, Armelle ^b   Orduz, Sergio ^a  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Crystal protein; Gene cloning and expression; Mosquito larval toxicity; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR MEDELLIN; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULEX; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0031083184     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000200021     Document Type: Article

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