Vegetative insecticidal protein enhancing the toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp kurstaki against Spodoptera exigua

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Zhu, C ^a,b   Ruan, L ^a   Peng, D ^a   Yu, Z ^a   Sun, M ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioassay; Helicoverpa armigera; Spodoptera exigua; Vegetative insecticidal protein; vip3Aa7.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; GENES; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. KURSTAKI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN GENES; SPECTRA'S; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; THURINGIENSIS; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN; VIP3AA7.;

TOXICITY;

INSECTICIDE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN VIP3AA7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; GENES; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PEST; CRY1A GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; VIP3AA7 GENE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; PLUTELLA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 33645218748     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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