Expression of the cry9Aa2 B.t. gene in tobacco chloroplasts confers resistance to potato tuber moth

Transgenic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-488

  Chakrabarti, Swarup Kumar ^a,b   Lutz, Kerry Ann ^b   Lertwiriyawong, Benjawan ^b,c   Svab, Zora ^b   Maliga, Pal ^b  

^a CENTRAL POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; cry9Aa2; Insect resistance; Nicotiana tabacum; Phthorimaea operculella; Plastid transformation; Potato tuber moth

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHLOROPLAST; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PLANT DISEASE; PLASTID; POTATO; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROPLASTS; ENDOTOXINS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33747051501     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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