Effect of signal sequence and promoter on the speed of action of a genetically modified Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus expressing the scorpion toxin LqhIT2

Biological Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Van Beek, Nikolai ^a   Lu, Albert ^b   Presnail, Jim ^b   Davis, Dave ^b,c   Greenamoyer, Cindy ^b   Joraski, Kathleen ^b   Moore, Lisa ^b   Pierson, Michelle ^b   Herrmann, Rafael ^b   Flexner, Lindsey ^b   Foster, James ^b,d   Van, Aileen ^b   Wong, James ^b,e   Jarvis, Donald ^f   Hollingshaus, Gary ^b   McCutchen, Bill ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c Chesapeake PERL   (United States)

^d Dupont Vegetation Management ^*  (United States)

^e PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus; Genetically engineered baculovirus; Heliothis virescens; Leiurus quinquestriatus hebreus; LqhIT2; Promoter effect; Response time; Signal sequence effect; Spodoptera exigua; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CYPOVIRUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; HOTTENTOTA JUDAICUS; INSECTA; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SCORPIONES; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0037405597     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00172-X     Document Type: Article

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