Cloning of ery2Aa and cry2Ab genes from new isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis and their expression in recombinant Bacillus thuringiensis and Escherichia coli strains

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Kumar, Shantanu ^a   Udayasuriyan, V ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry2Aa; Cry2Ab; E. coli; T7 promoter

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1342311896     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000013285.15036.0d     Document Type: Article

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