A new group of parasporal inclusions encoded by the S-layer gene of Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Guo, Gang ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a   Ma, Qiqi ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a,b   Zhu, Chenguang ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active substance; Bacillus thuringiensis; Noninsecticidal strains; Parasporal inclusion; S layer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CELL INCLUSION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; S LAYER GENE; SEROTYPE; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOTOXINS; INCLUSION BODIES; INSECTS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIA;

EID: 41549148245     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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