Identification of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin Cry1C domain III amino acid residues involved in insect specificity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4369-4374

  De Maagd, Ruud A ^a   Bakker, Petra ^a   Staykov, Nikola ^b   Dukiandjiev, Stefan ^b   Stiekema, Willem ^a   Bosch, Dirk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; INSECT CONTROL; LEPIDOPTERA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POSIBACTERIA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0032884932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4369-4374.1999     Document Type: Article

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