Improving the insecticidal activity by expression of a recombinant cry1Ac gene with chitinase-encoding gene in acrystalliferous Bacillus thuringiensis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 442-446

  Ding, Xuezhi ^a,b   Luo, Zhaohui ^a   Xia, Liqiu ^a   Gao, Bida ^b   Sun, Yunjun ^a   Zhang, Youming ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CRY1AC GENE; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA HUBNER; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; TOBACCO; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITINASE; ELECTROPORATION; ENDOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; TOBACCO;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 43349089434     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9112-1     Document Type: Article

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