Differential activity and activation of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins in diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Monnerat, Rose ^a,d   Masson, Luke ^b   Brousseau, Roland ^b   Pusztai Carey, Marianne ^c   Bordat, Dominique ^d   Frutos, Roger ^d  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; PROTOXIN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INCLUSION BODIES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032819871     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900438     Document Type: Article

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