A Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein with a high activity against members of the family noctuidae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-86

  Lambert, Bart ^a   Buysse, Linda ^a   Decock, Carine ^a   Jansens, Stefan ^a   Piens, Carla ^a   Saey, Bernadette ^a   Seurinck, Jef ^a   Van Audenhove, Katrien ^a   Van Rie, Jeroen ^a   Van Vliet, Adri ^a   Peferoen, Marnix ^a  

^a Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TOLWORTHI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; PYRALIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPHINGIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13344280354     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.80-86.1996     Document Type: Article

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