Cloning and characterization of a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar higo gene encoding a novel class of the δ-endotoxin protein, Cry27A, specifically active on the anopheles mosquito

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Saitoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Hwang, Sung Hee ^a,b   Park, Yu Shin ^a,c   Higuchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Mizuki, Eiichi ^a,d   Ohba, Michio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anopheles specificity; Bacillus thuringiensis serovar higo; Cry27A protein; Mosquitocidal endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CULEX PIPIENS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR HIGO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS MOLESTUS; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034111599     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(00)80042-9     Document Type: Article

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