Protection from UV-B damage of mosquito larvicidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis expressed in Anabaena PCC 7120

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-220

  Manasherob, Robert ^a,b   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a,b   Xiaoqiang, Wu ^c   Boussiba, Sammy ^b   Zaritsky, Arieh ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BioSan Ltd   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BREEDING; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANABAENA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; POSIBACTERIA;

ANABAENA; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULICIDAE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036719310     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0106-5     Document Type: Article

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