Stable integration and expression of mosquito-larvicidal genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus into the chromosome of Enterobacter amnigenus: A potential breakthrough in mosquito biocontrol

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Tanapongpipat, Sutipa ^a   Nantapong, Nawarat ^b   Cole, Jeffrey ^c   Panyim, Sakol ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterobacter amnigenus; In vivo recombination; Toxin gene

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINARY TOXIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY4B GENE; CULEX; ENTEROBACTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; ENTEROBACTER AMNIGENUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINB PROTEIN, BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; ENDOTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROBACTER; INTESTINES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0142030485     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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