Cloning and expression of mosquitocidal endotoxin gene crylVB from Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis in the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatum

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Marchenko, N D ^a,b   Marchenko, G N ^a,b   Ganushkina, L O ^a,c   Azizbekyan, R R ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

B. thuringiensis; CrylVB; Delta endotoxin; Methylotroph; Mosquitocidal toxin

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOTOXIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT CONTROL; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0034090596     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900754     Document Type: Article

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