Identification of cry-type genes on 20-kb DNA associated with Cry1 crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Xia, Liqiu ^a   Sun, Yunjun ^a,b   Ding, Xuezhi ^a   Fu, Zujiao ^a   Mo, Xiangtao ^a   Zhang, He ^a   Yuan, Zhiming ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRY; RECOMBINANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CRYSTAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPOROGENESIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 23844447716     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-4504-y     Document Type: Article

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