Variability in expression of insecticidal Cry1Ab gene in Indica Basmati rice

Euphytica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Husnain, Tayyab ^a   Asad, Jan ^a   Maqbool, Shahina B ^a   Datta, Swapan K ^b   Riazuddin, S ^a  

^a National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Basmati rice; cry1Ab gene; Lepidopteran insects; Tissue specific promoters; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0036424882     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020665407082     Document Type: Article

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