Transgenic loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plants expressing a modified δ-endotoxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis with enhanced resistance to Dendrolimus punctatus Walker and Crypyothelea formosicola Staud

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 383, 2003, Pages 835-844

  Tang, Wei ^a   Tian, Yingchuan ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) CRY1Ac; Biolistic transformation; Insect feeding bioassay; Pinus taeda L.

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAULIMOVIRUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECTS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DENDROLIMUS PUNCTATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PINUS TAEDA; VECTORS;

EID: 0037318865     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg071     Document Type: Article

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