Isolation, characterization and expression of a novel vegetative insecticidal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-472

  Bhalla, Ritu ^a   Dalal, Monika ^a   Panguluri, Siva K ^a   Jagadish, Borra ^a   Mandaokar, Ajin D ^a   Singh, A K ^b   Kumar, Polumetla A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Vegetative insecticidal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 3AA1; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 3AA14;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 15944427077     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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