Insecticidal genes of Yersinia spp.: Taxonomical distribution, contribution to toxicity towards Manduca sexta and Galleria mellonella, and evolution

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fuchs, Thilo M ^a,b   Bresolin, Geraldine ^a   Marcinowski, Lisa ^a   Schachtner, Joachim ^c   Scherer, Siegfried ^a,b  

^a Abteilung Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; MANDUCA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; YERSINIA;

EID: 58149253184     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-214     Document Type: Article

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