Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis full-length and N-terminally truncated vip184 gene in an acrystalliferous strain of subspecies kurstaki

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 883-889

  Chen, Jianwu ^a   Sun, Fan ^a   Tang, Lixia ^a   Tang, Mujin ^a   Shi, Yongxia ^a   Yu, Jianxiu ^a   Pang, Yi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Secretion; Signal peptides; Toxicity; Vip3A proteins

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; PROKARYOTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0347930529     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000007288.31371.7d     Document Type: Article

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