A plasmid encoding a combination of mosquito-larvicidal genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus confers toxicity against a broad range of mosquito larvae when expressed in Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-263

  Tanapongpipat, Sutipa ^a   Luxananil, Plearnpis ^a   Promdonkoy, Boonhiang ^a   Chewawiwat, Namchai ^a   Audtho, Mongkon ^a   Panyim, Sakol ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Binary toxin; Mosquito larvicidal gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PROTEIN CRY11A; PROTEIN CRY4A; PROTEIN CRY4B; PROTEIN JM109; PROTEIN P4BDA 5142; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SUBSPECIES;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344153762     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00780-8     Document Type: Article

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