Microbial populations and enzyme activities in soil in situ under transgenic corn expressing cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 647-662

  Icoz, I ^a   Saxena, D ^a   Andow, D A ^b   Zwahlen, C ^b   Stotzky, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL DILATION PLATING; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PLANT RESIDUES; TRANSGENIC CORN;

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PH; PROTEINS; SOILS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ARYLSULFATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN CRY; PROTEIN CRY3BB1; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOMASS; CORN; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN CORN BORER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GRAFTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSGENIC CROP; WORM;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ARYLSULFATASES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOTOXINS; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOZOA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DIABROTICA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40849102908     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0352     Document Type: Article

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