Cloning and study of the expression of a novel cry1Ia-type gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Tounsi, S ^a   Zouari, N ^a   Jaoua, S ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cloning; cry1Ia; DNA sequence; Expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLONING AND EXPRESSION; CLONING AND SEQUENCING; CRY1IA; DELTA-ENDOTOXIN; EXPRESSION; OPEN READING FRAME; PCR AMPLIFICATION; SPECIFIC PRIMERS;

CLONING;

AMINO ACID; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1IA GENE; CRYBNS3 3 GENE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037710703     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.t01-1-01947.x     Document Type: Article

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