Improving toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis strain contains the cry8Ca gene specific to Anomala corpulenta larvae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 492-496

  Shu, C ^a   Liu, R ^a,c   Wang, R ^b   Zhang, J ^a   Feng, S ^b   Huang, D ^a   Song, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CELL EXTRACT; TAQ POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOMALA CORPULENTA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CRY8CA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANOMALA CORPULENTA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 35448935695     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9018-3     Document Type: Article

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