Characterization of two Bacillus thuringiensis genes identified by in vivo screening of virulence factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4784-4791

  Fedhila, Sinda ^a,b   Guillemet, Elisabeth ^a   Nel, Patricia ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^a,b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c U Genet Microbienne Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CLONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; INSECT CONTROL;

HEMOCOEL; INSECT LARVAE; SEPTICEMIA;

GENES;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEPTICEMIA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOMBYX; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 4143102773     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4784-4791.2004     Document Type: Article

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