Localization of putative virulence genes on a physical map of the bacillus thuringiensis subsp. gelechiae chromosome

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-250

  Lövgren, Ann ^a   Carlson, Cathrine R ^b,c   Eskils, Katarina ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; FLAGELLIN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0031691667     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900373     Document Type: Article

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