Cyt1Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Is Toxic to the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella, and Synergizes the Activity of Cry1Ac towards a Resistant Strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5859-5861

  Sayyed, Ali H ^a   Crickmore, Neil ^b   Wright, Denis J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTOXINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOTHS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035654001     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5859-5861.2001     Document Type: Article

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