Multiplex PCR screening to detect cry9 genes in Bacillus thuringiensis strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3714-3716

  Ben Dov, Eitan ^a   Wang, Qingfeng ^a   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a   Manasherob, Robert ^a   Barak, Ze'ev ^a   Schneider, Bert ^a   Khamraev, Aloviddin ^b   Baizhanov, Mukhtar ^c   Glupov, Victor ^d   Margalith, Yoel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^c INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0032765993     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3714-3716.1999     Document Type: Article

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