Evidence of oral toxicity of Photorhabdus temperata strain K122 against Prays oleae and its improvement by heterologous expression of Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Aa and cry1Ia genes

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-135

  Tounsi, Slim ^a   Aoun, Ammar Ebn ^a   Blight, Mark ^b   Rebaî, Ahmed ^a   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; cry gene; Photorhabdus temperata; Prays oleae; Synergism; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTH; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORHABDUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS TEMPERATA; PRAYS OLEAE;

EID: 31944438516     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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