Enhanced Expression of Insecticidal Crystal Proteins in Wild Bacillus thuringiensis Strains by a Heterogeneous Protein P20

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-326

  Shao, Zongze ^a,b   Yu, Ziniu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CRY1A; BACTERIAL CRY2A PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN P20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CRYSTAL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPHEROID CELL; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1942518261     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4175-5     Document Type: Article

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