Expression and insecticidal activity of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Photorhabdus luminescens toxin complex proteins

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2372-2380

  Pinheiro, Vitor B ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TOXIN COMPLEX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; LARVA; MANDUCA; PHOTORHABDUS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POSIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548456023     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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