Characterization of insecticidal crystal protein cry gene of Bacillus huringiensis from soil of Sichuan Basin, China and cloning of novel lotypes cry gene

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Tan, Furong ^b   Tang, Jie ^a   Li, Yunyan ^a   Zheng, Aiping ^a,b   Li, Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry gene; Novel haplotypes genes; PCR RFLP; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 69549114964     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175591     Document Type: Article

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