Direct evidence for rapid degradation of bacillus thuringiensis toxin mRNA as a cause of poor expression in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1445-1461

  Jay De Rocher, E ^a   Vargo Gogola, Tracy C ^a,c   Diehn, Scott H ^a,d   Green, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; TOBACCO;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032134544     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.4.1445     Document Type: Article

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