Detection of an allele conferring resistance to Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin in Culex quinquefasciatus populations by molecular screening

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1044-1049

  Chalegre, Karlos Diogo De Melo ^a   Romão, Tatiany Patrícia ^a   Amorim, Liliane Barbosa ^a   Anastacio, Daniela Bandeira ^a   De Barros, Rosineide Arruda ^a   De Oliveira, Cláudia Maria Fontes ^a   Regis, Lêda ^a   De Melo Neto, Osvaldo Pompílio ^a   Silva Filha, Maria Helena Neves Lobo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALLELIC FREQUENCY; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DETECTION; MOSQUITO POPULATIONS; RESISTANCE ALLELE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 59949092228     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02032-08     Document Type: Article

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