Expression of a neurotoxin gene improves the insecticidal activity of Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpltNPV)

Virus Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-56

  Tang, Xin Xin ^a   Sun, Xing Lu ^b   Pu, Guan Qin ^b   Wang, Wen Bing ^c   Zhang, Chuan Xi ^d   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bioassay; BmK ITa1; Egt; SpltNPV

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; JAPAN; LC 50; NONHUMAN; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPODOPTERA LITURA; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; JAPAN; LARVA; NEUROTOXINS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPODOPTERA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

HEXAPODA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; SPODOPTERA LITURA NPV;

EID: 79957602918     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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