Using worms to better understand how Bacillus thuringiensis kills insects

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 347-350

  Crickmore, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; PESTICIDE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORM;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 23044493446     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.06.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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