Cloning and characterization of an insecticidal crystal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kenyae

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-11

  Misra, Hari S ^a   Khairnar, Nivedita P ^a   Mathur, Manjula ^a   Vijayalakshmi, N ^a   Hire, Ramesh S ^a   Dongre, T K ^a   Mahajan, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis var. kenyae; Dipteran; Insecticidal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRYSTAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KENYAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0036552776     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715864     Document Type: Article

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