Cloning of the Bacillus thuringiensis serovar sotto chitinase (Schi) gene and characterization of its protein

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 821-826

  Zhong, Wan Fang ^a,b   Fang, Ji Chao ^a   Cai, Ping Zhong ^b   Yan, Wen Zhao ^b   Wu, Jie ^b   Guo, Hui Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis serovar sotto; Characterization analysis; Chitinase; Gene cloning; Touchdown PCR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FIBRONECTIN; NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR SOTTO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 31444442114     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000500026     Document Type: Article

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