A novel class of mosquitocidal δ-endotoxin, Cry19B, encoded by a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar higo gene

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Hwang, Sung Hee ^a,c   Saitoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizuki, Eiichi ^a   Higuchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohba, Michio ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Crab protein; Culex pipiens molestus; Mosquitocidal endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR HIGO; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR JEGATHESAN; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS MOLESTUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031822041     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80022-2     Document Type: Article

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