A novel insecticidal toxin from Photorhabdus luminescens, toxin complex a (Tca), and its histopathological effects on the midgut of Manduca sexta

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3036-3041

  Blackburn, Michael ^a   Golubeva, Elena ^a   Bowen, David ^a   Ffrench Constant, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b 237 Russell Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODE; PHOTORHADUS LUMINESCENS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSGENE; ZOOLOGY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 0031904402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3036-3041.1998     Document Type: Article

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