Expression of Mosquito Active Toxin Genes by a Colombian Native Strain of the Gram-negative Bacterium Asticcacaulis excentricus

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 257-263

  Romero, Magally ^a   Gil, Flor M ^a   Orduz, Sergio ^a  

^a Corp para Invest Biológicas ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asticcacaulis excentricus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Mosquito larvae; Recombinant bacteria

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ASTICCACAULIS EXCENTRICUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRY11BB PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLOMBIA; CULICIDAE; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INSECT VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0035259953     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200021     Document Type: Article

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