Recombinant bacteria for mosquito control

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3877-3885

  Federici, B A ^a   Park, H W ^a   Bideshi, D K ^a   Wirth, M C ^a   Johnson, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B. sphaericus binary toxin; Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis; Chaperone; Cry protein; Cyt protein; Recombinant bacterial larvicide; Transcript stabilization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CULEX; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0242490223     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00643     Document Type: Review

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