Isolation and characterization of a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kenyae encoding only δ-endotoxin Cry1E

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-382

  Chang, Jin Hee ^b   Je, Yeon Ho ^b   Roh, Jong Yul ^b   Park, Hyun Woo ^b   Jin, Byung Rae ^a   Lee, Dae Weon ^b   Kim, Sang Hyun ^b   Yang, Zi Wen ^b   Kang, Seok Kwon ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1E; Kenyae; Spodoptera exigua; endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KENYAE; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0033177297     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.379     Document Type: Article

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