Plasmid patterns of Bacillus thuringiensis type strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Reyes Ramírez, Arturo ^a,b   Ibarra, Jorge E ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; PLASMID PATTERNS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

AGAROSE;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEROTYPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTYPING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 37849017927     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02133-07     Document Type: Article

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