Activity of wild-type and hybrid Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxins against Agrotis ipsilon

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 363-367

  De Maagd, Ruud A ^a   Weemen Hendriks, Mieke ^a   Molthoff, Jos W ^a   Naimov, Samir ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Agrotis ipsilon; Bacillus thuringiensis; Hybrid protein; Endotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN;

AGROTIS IPSILON; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WORM;

AGROTIS; AGROTIS IPSILON; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038629252     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0543-6     Document Type: Article

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