Activity of free and clay-bound insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis against the mosquito Culex pipiens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4111-4115

  Lee, LanNa ^a   Saxena, Deepak ^a   Stotzky, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSITIVE IONS; PROTEINS;

COMPLEXES;

BACTERIA;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MONTMORILLONITE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MOSQUITO; PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CULEX PIPIENS; DESORPTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BENTONITE; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KAOLIN; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038492733     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4111-4115.2003     Document Type: Article

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