Differential effects of helper proteins encoded by the cry2A and cry11A operons on the formation of Cry2A inclusions in Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Ge, Baoxue ^a   Bideshi, Dennis ^a   Moar, William J ^b   Federici, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPERON; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0032146783     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00254-7     Document Type: Article

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