Activation process of dipteran-specific insecticidal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3464-3469

  Yamagiwa, Masashi ^a   Esaki, Motoyuki ^a   Otake, Kanao ^a   Inagaki, Manabu ^a   Komano, Tohru ^b   Amachi, Teruo ^a   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 0032793534     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3464-3469.1999     Document Type: Article

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