Expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin cry1ab gene in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis strains that naturally colonize the phylloplane of tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mills)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-381

  Theoduloz, C ^a   Vega, A ^a   Salazar, M ^a   Gonzalez E ^a   Meza Basso, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus thuringiensis; cry proteins; Insecticidal activity; Phylloplane; Survival; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CRY PROTEINS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEAF SURFACES; PHYLLOPLANE; SURVIVAL; TOMATO PLANTS; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

MICROORGANISMS;

ENDOTOXIN; CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; PEST CONTROL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHOTOACTIVATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOMATO; ANIMAL; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TUTA ABSOLUTA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INSECT CONTROL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOTHS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037207861     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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