Expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin gene by Bacillus pumilus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-269

  Selinger, L B ^a,b,d   Khachatourians, G G ^b   Byers, J R ^a   Hynes, M F ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Conjugation; Expression; Sporulation; endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDOTOXIN;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CUROWMR; DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOTOXIN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

AGROTIS ORTHOGONIA; BACILLI; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACILLUS PUMILUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PUMILUS;

EID: 0031838612     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-3-259     Document Type: Article

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