Cyt1Aa protein of Bacillus thuringiensis is toxic to the cottonwood leaf beetle, Chrysomela scripta, and suppresses high levels of resistance to Cry3Aa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4368-4371

  Federici, Brian A ^a   Bauer, Leah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CROSS RESISTANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LC 50; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELA SCRIPTA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031763335     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4368-4371.1998     Document Type: Article

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