Identification of a promoter for the vegetative insecticidal protein-encoding gene vip3LB from Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Mesrati, Lobna Abdelkefi ^a   Tounsi, Slim ^a   Kamoun, Fakher ^a   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Expression; Promoter; Transcription start point; vip3 gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN 3;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 20344374145     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.04.032     Document Type: Article

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