Expression of vip1/vip2 genes in Escherichia coli and Bacillus thuringiensis and the analysis of their signal peptides

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 757-765

  Shi, Y ^a   Xu, W ^a   Yuan, M ^a   Tang, M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Pang, Y ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Escherichia coli; Expression; Signal peptide; Vip1A(c); Vip2A(c)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; E. COLI; EXPRESSION; EXPRESSION LEVELS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SPECTRA'S; THURINGIENSIS; TIME COURSE; VIP1A(C); VIP2A(C);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIP1A(C) PROTEIN; VIP2A(C) PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOASSAY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY TESTING; VIP1 GENE; VIP2 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4944223165     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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