The occurrence of Photorhabdus-like toxin complexes in Bacillus thuringiensis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Blackburn, Michael B ^a   Martin, Phyllis A W ^a   Kuhar, Daniel ^a   Farrar Jr , Robert R ^a   Gundersen Rindal, Dawn E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GYPSY MOTH; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; TCA GENE; TCAA GENE; TCAB GENE; TCCC GENE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; LYMANTRIA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; LARVA; MOTHS; OPERON; PHOTORHABDUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79953058130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018122     Document Type: Article

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