Subspecies-dependent regulation of Bacillus thuringiensis protoxin genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1849-1853

  Cheng, Ping ^a   Wu, Lan ^b   Ziniu, Yu ^a   Aronson, Arthur ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTOXIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL INCLUSION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032900967     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1849-1853.1999     Document Type: Article

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