Presence and significance of bacillus thuringiensis cry proteins associated with the andean weevil premnotrypes vorax (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1235-1243

  López Pazos, Silvio Alejandro ^a   Martínez, John Wilson ^b   Castillo, Adriana Ximena ^a   Salamanca, Jairo Alonso Cerón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Andean weevil; Cry3Aa protein; Native strain; Potato crop; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WEEVILS;

EID: 77949910292     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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