Activities of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins Cyt1Aa and Cyt2Aa against three species of sheep blowfly

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4060-4061

  Chilcott, Chris N ^a   Wigley, Peter J ^a   Broadwell, Andrew H ^a   Park, Danny J ^b   Ellar, David J ^b  

^a Biodiscovery New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031710093     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4060-4061.1998     Document Type: Article

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