Specific primers for the detection of vip3A insecticidal gene within a Bacillus thuringiensis collection

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 378-382

  Rice, W C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL ENCODING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENES ENCODING; LEPIDOPTERAN INSECTS; PRIMER COMBINATIONS; RAPID DETECTION; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; THURINGIENSIS; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN; VIP3A GENE; WIDE SPECTRUM;

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032892696     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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