Purification of Vip3Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis HD-1 and its contribution to toxicity of HD-1 to spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) and gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) (Lepidoptera)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Milne, Ross ^a   Liu, Yuehong ^a   Gauthier, Debbie ^a   Frankenhuyzen, Kees van ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD 1; Choristoneura fumiferana; EG12414; EG2001; Lymantria dispar; Pathogenesis; Purification; Spodoptera exigua; Vip3Aa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIP3A PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PICEA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 52049100592     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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