Cloning and characterization of a novel gene cry9Ec1 encoding lepidopteran-specific parasporal inclusion protein from a Bacillus thuringiensis serovar galleriae strain

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 988-995

  Wasano, Naoya ^a   Saitoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Maeda, Minoru ^b   Ohgushi, Akira ^c   Mizuki, Eiichi ^a   Ohba, Michio ^c  

^a FUKUOKA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Medical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis serovar galleriae; Cry9Ec1 protein; Lepidopteran specific endotoxin; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR GALLERIAE; CRY9EC1 PROTEIN; LEPIDOPTERAN-SPECIFIC Δ-ENDOTOXIN; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY9EC1 PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY GENE; CRY9EC1 GENE; CRYSTAL; CULEX PIPIENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SILKWORM; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INCLUSION BODIES; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR GALLERIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS MOLESTUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 33144461317     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-084     Document Type: Article

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