Expression of chitinase-encoding genes in Bacillus thuringiensis and toxicity of engineered B. thuringiensis subsp. aizawai toward Lymantria dispar larvae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Lertcanawanichakul, Monthon ^a   Wiwat, Chanpen ^b   Bhumiratana, Amaret ^b   Dean, Donald Harry ^c  

^a WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CHITINASE; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; 4 METHYLUMBELLIFERYL N,N DIACETYLCHITOBIOSIDE; 4-METHYLUMBELLIFERYL-N,N-DIACETYLCHITOBIOSIDE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHITIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLCHITIN; HYMECROMONE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AIZAWAI; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GYPSY MOTH; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SPECIES COMPARISON; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYMECROMONE; LARVA; MOTHS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 2942570088     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4119-0     Document Type: Article

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