Development of a recombinant strain of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 that produces the endochitinase ChiA74

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Casique Arroyo, Gabriela ^a   Bideshi, Dennis ^b,c   Salcedo Hernández, Rubén ^a   Barboza Corona, José Eleazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Endochitinase ChiA74; Recombinant strain

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENDOCHITINASE CHIA74; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN CRY1AC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHITINASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MOTHS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 34247607885     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9127-1     Document Type: Article

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