Production of an insecticidal crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis by the methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5178-5182

  Choi, Young J ^a   Gringorten, J Lawrence ^b   Bélanger, Louise ^a   Morel, Lyne ^a   Bourque, Denis ^a   Masson, Luke ^a   Groleau, Denis ^a   Míguez, Carlos B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

A-PLANT; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EXTORQUENS AM1; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY1AA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTROKINESIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL LYSATE; CLONE; CRY1AA GENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOTROPH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHAKE FLASK CULTURE; SILKWORM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 50049085252     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00598-08     Document Type: Article

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