Isolation of a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1 encoding δ-endotoxin Cry1E

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 387-390

  Chang, J H ^a   Roh, J Y ^a   Je, Y H ^a   Park, H W ^a   Jin, B R ^a   Woo, S D ^a   Kang, S K ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; SIGNAL ENCODING; TOXICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI; ENCODINGS; PCR ANALYSIS; PLASMID PROFILE; PROTEIN PROFILES; REFERENCE STRAINS; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; THURINGIENSIS;

STRAIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0031810081     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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