Parasporal body formation via overexpression of the Cry10Aa toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, and Cry10Aa-Cyt1Aa synergism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4661-4667

  Hernández Soto, Alejandro ^a   Del Rincón Castro, M Cristina ^b,c   Espinoza, Ana M ^a   Ibarra, Jorge E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SUBSP. ISRAELENSIS; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; LOW LEVEL; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTROL AGENTS; N-TERMINAL SEQUENCING; NEW STRATEGY; OPEN READING FRAME; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PURE CRYSTALS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE-POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THURINGIENSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; CLONING; CRYSTALS; DESORPTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; INSECT CONTROL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLATES; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CENTRIFUGE; ELECTROKINESIS; FLY; INSECTICIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSQUITO; PROTEIN; SYNERGISM; TOXIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; CENTRIFUGATION; DESORPTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SIMULIIDAE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67650503456     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00409-09     Document Type: Article

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