Reduction of resistance of Culex pipiens larvae to the binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus by coexpression of cry4Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis with the binary toxin gene

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-389

  Sun, Fan ^a,b   Yuan, Zhiming ^a,b   Li, Tianyong ^a,b   Zhang, Yongmei ^a,b   Yu, Jianxiu ^b   Pang, Yi ^b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis; Binary toxin; Cry4Ba protein; Culex pipiens; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

EID: 0034897519     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016718814180     Document Type: Article

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