The 20-kDa protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis enhances Bacillus sphaericus 2362 bin toxin synthesis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Park, Hyun Woo ^a   Bideshi, Dennis K ^b   Federici, Brian A ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINARY TOXIN; CHAPERONE; HELPER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULEX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS;

EID: 34547129332     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0359-0     Document Type: Article

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