Contribution of the 65-kilodalton protein encoded by the cloned gene cry19A to the mosquitocidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4449-4455

  Rosso, Marie Laure ^a   Delécluse, Armelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA CONTROL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME;

EID: 0343376116     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4449-4455.1997     Document Type: Article

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