Cytolytic toxin Cyt1Aa of Bacillus thuringiensis synergizes the mosquitocidal toxin Mtx1 of Bacillus sphaericus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2199-2204

  Zhang, Beihua ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Yang, Yankun ^a   Yuan, Zhiming ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

100 kilodalton mosquitocidal toxin; Bacillus sphaericus; Cyt1Aa; Resistance; Synergism

Indexed keywords

CYT1AA; SYNERGISM; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULEX; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULEX; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 33749027197     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60140     Document Type: Article

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