Differential enhancement of Cry2A versus Cry11A yields in Bacillus thuringiensis by use of the cry3A STAB mRNA sequence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-327

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a   Bideshi, Dennis K ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey J ^a   Federici, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry protein synthesis; mRNA stability; Shine Dalgarno sequence

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CRYSTAL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032728902     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00555-8     Document Type: Article

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