Expression and characterization of inhA gene from Bacillus thuringiensis 8010

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1621-1625

  Yu, Xiaomin ^a   Huang, Tianpei ^a   Huang, Zhipeng ^a   Powell, Charles A ^b   Guan, Xiong ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioassay; Expression; inhA gene; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPIDOPTERAN INSECTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 34848867835     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9408-5     Document Type: Article

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