Novel insecticidal toxins from nematode-symbiotic bacteria

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 828-833

  Ffrench Constant, R H ^a   Bowen, D J ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal protein toxins; Photorhabdus luminescens; Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT CONTROL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; REVIEW; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORHABDUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0034085695     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050044     Document Type: Review

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