Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis protect corn from corn rootworms

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 668-672

  Moellenbeck, Daniel J ^a   Peters, Melvin L ^a   Bing, James W ^b   Rouse, James R ^b   Higgins, Laura S ^a   Sims, Lynne ^a   Nevshemal, Tony ^a   Marshall, Lisa ^a   Ellis, R Tracy ^b   Bystrak, Paul G ^b   Lang, Bruce A ^b   Stewart, James L ^b   Kouba, Kristen ^a   Sondag, Valerie ^a   Gustafson, Vicki ^a   Nour, Katy ^a,c   Xu, Deping ^a   Swenson, Jan ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Czapla, Thomas ^a   Schwab, George ^b   Jayne, Susan ^a   Stockhoff, Brian A ^b   Narva, Kenneth ^b   Schnepf, H Ernest ^b   Stelman, Steven J ^b   Poutre, Candace ^b,d   Koziel, Michael ^a   Duck, Nicholas ^a   more..

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c SemBioSys Genetics Inc   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ROOT DAMAGES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LARVA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORM;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; POSIBACTERIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034936591     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/90282     Document Type: Article

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